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History · Blue Butte Township

Half of Blue Butte Township’s homes were built after 1979

Most of Blue Butte Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1965 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Blue Butte Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Blue Butte Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Blue Butte Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Blue Butte Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 79 to 102 (+29%).

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Blue Butte Township on the map, 1965 to 1997

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Blue Butte Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Blue Butte Township on the 1965 USGS mapBlue Butte Township on the 1982 USGS mapBlue Butte Township on the 1997 USGS map1965Keene sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Blue Butte Township.

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Keene
Gone or out of use
Camel Buttes Oil and Gas Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside Blue Butte Township
Clear Creek

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Keene TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.