We occasionally have folks ask us how this great spot got the name Buttersville.  Here's the short version of the story: Back when the Township was first developing in the mid- to late 1800's, Marshall Butters was one of the early businessmen in the area.  He managed the lumbermills in a small village that came to be called....  yep, you guessed it: "Buttersville."  It was one of four settlements on the peninsula.  The others were Seatonville, Taylorsville, and Finn Town.

Buttersville had the local area's first post office.  It also had a general store, a church, a drug store, a two-room school house, and a boarding house -- serving up to 1,000 residents and workers who came to the mills.  Mr. Butters was a highly regarded business man described as "deservedly popular throughout the community and ... recognized as one of the most reliable businessmen of the northwest."

For more information about Pere Marquette history, you can click here to read our other history webpages, or click on this link to read about the new, exciting history book that we produced for our Sesquicentennial!