Buttermilk, Arkansas

Buttermilk, Arkansas
—  Unincorporated community  —
Buttermilk, Arkansas
Buttermilk's position in Arkansas.
Coordinates:
Country  United States
State  Arkansas
County Pope County, Arkansas
Elevation 127 m (417 ft)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 70941

Buttermilk, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.[1] The community got its name 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

  1. ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Buttermilk, Arkansas." USGS. Profile. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Deane, Ernie (1986). Arkansas Place Names. Branson, Missouri: The Ozarks Mountaineer. pp. 94. 
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