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Buttermilk, Arkansas | |
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  Buttermilk, Arkansas Buttermilk's position in Arkansas.  Buttermilk, Arkansas Buttermilk, Arkansas (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 35°23′14″N 92°53′50″W / 35.38722°N 92.89722°W | |
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United States |
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Arkansas |
| County | Pope County, Arkansas |
| Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 70941 |
Buttermilk is an unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States. [1] The community's name was derived from an observer who saw the whitewash run off the Cumberland Presbyterian Church during a rain storm in 1840 and commented that it looked like buttermilk. [2]
References
- ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Buttermilk, Arkansas." USGS. Profile. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
- ^ Deane, Ernie (1986). Arkansas Place Names. Branson, Missouri: The Ozarks Mountaineer. p. 94.
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