Butte des Morts, Wisconsin

Butte des Morts is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Winneconne, in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.[3]

Butte des Morts, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
Downtown Butte des Morts
Butte des Morts Location in state of Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°5′57″N 88°39′14″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Winnebago
Area
• Total	1.24 sq mi (3.22 km^2)
• Land	1.22 sq mi (3.17 km^2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km^2)
Elevation	775 ft (236 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	962
• Density	786/sq mi (303.5/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	54927
Area code(s)	920
FIPS code	55-11500[1]
GNIS feature ID	1562472[2]

As of the 2010 census, its population was 962.[4] The community is located at the north side of (Big) Lake Butte des Morts [5] on the former route of Wisconsin Highway 110. The name means "hill of the dead" in French.[6] Butte des Morts uses the ZIP code 54927. The Augustin Grignon Hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located within the community. Butte des Morts has an area of 1.246 square miles (3.23 km²); 1.225 square miles (3.17 km²) of this is land, and 0.021 square miles (0.054 km²) is water.

Origin of Name

In 1730 French soldiers and Menominee warriors massacred people of the Sauk Nation. The French named the place the Hill of the Dead, or Butte des Morts.[7][8]

Images

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  Post office
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  City welcome sign
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  Lions club
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  Austin Grignon Hotel

References

1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/winnebago/butte-des-morts.cfm
4. "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
5. Lake Butte des Morts
6. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=11330&keyword=origin+name
7. Author(s) unknown. "A Brief History of the Town of Menasha" (PDF). Wisconsin Public Library. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
8. Bjornerd, Marcia (2006). Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth. New York: Basic Books. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-465-00684-7.