Butte, Nebraska - Population 326
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N 42° 54.914 W 098° 51.480
14T E 511590 N 4751411
Small town at the junction of Nebraska Highways 11 and 12.
Elevation 1790.
Waymark Code: WMX74V
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2017
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Butte was named from the small hills, or buttes, near the town site.
The Central Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact and US Ecology purchased land 2 miles west of Butte in the early 1990s. The land was to become the site of the compact's dump; however following extensive controversy, the dump was eventually removed from consideration.
Nebraska was officially removed from the compact after a series of long court battles that ended in 2004. The state of Nebraska had to pay a settlement and there have been attempts made to sell the compact's land just outside Butte.
Address: West Highway 12, Butte, Nebraska
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