Buttermilk, Arkansas

Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States
35°23′14″N 92°53′50″W / 35.38722°N 92.89722°W / 35.38722; -92.89722Country United StatesState ArkansasCountyPope County, ArkansasElevation
127 m (417 ft)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)GNIS feature ID70941

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

  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. p. 94.
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