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Grassy Butte in McKenzie County, North Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Grassy Butte Post Office Museum

 
 
Grassy Butte Post Office Museum Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 27, 2020
1. Grassy Butte Post Office Museum Marker
Inscription. A log adobe covered building with a sod roof built in 1912. Served as post office from 1913 - 1962.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Communications.
 
Location. 47° 23.665′ N, 103° 14.853′ W. Marker is in Grassy Butte, North Dakota, in McKenzie County. It is at the intersection of Museum Drive and Main Streett, on the right when traveling north on Museum Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Grassy Butte ND 58634, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Dakota’s Bakken Oil Patch. It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Badlands Panorama (approx. 12.2 miles away); Layers in Time / Portraits in Stone (approx. 13.7
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miles away); Tilted (approx. 14 miles away); Cannonball Mystery (approx. 14½ miles away).
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Longhorns (was approx. 13.8 miles away but has been permanently removed); Slump Formation (was approx. 14 miles away but has been permanently removed); “Cannon Ball” Concretions (was approx. 14½ miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
Grassy Butte Post Office Museum Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 27, 2020
2. Grassy Butte Post Office Museum Marker
Grassy Butte Post Office Museum image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 27, 2020
3. Grassy Butte Post Office Museum
Grassy Butte Post Office Museum image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 27, 2020
4. Grassy Butte Post Office Museum
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 10, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 334 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 10, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
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Aug. 27, 2026