Title Info: Butte Cemetery

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Introduction	The Butte Cemetery index lists individuals interred at this site in Starr Butte, Spokane County, Washington. Index information about an individual may include name, birth date, birth place, death date, and names of family members. Index data was compiled by Maggie Rail, a member of the Washington State Cemetery Association who has transcribed over 400 cemeteries since 1993. Butte Cemetery is located at Lat: 47° 23' 06"N, Lon: 117° 03' 28"W, T22N R45E Sec 24. To reach cemetery from Fairfield drive east on Bradshaw Road about 5-6 miles to Starr Road. The cemetery is south of Bradshaw Road and about w/3 mile east of Starr Road on the northwest side of the Butte. Butte Cemetery is located near the top of the hill known as Starr Butte, which is about six miles east of the town of Fairfield, in Spokane County. Rock Creek Valley Twp, Sect 24,T22N R45. This account is from "Early History of Fairfield", 1960 There are 4 individuals listed in this index. This index is in English. This index is open for research. Transcribed by Maggie Rail in 1999, last edited in 2007. Transcription Notes: “This cemetery, although still established on the county records, is no longer used. The only evidence of this cemetery is a 12' x 8' fence 5' high, of heavy gauge wire mesh, in which the stones are placed. I found no Sexton record for this cemetery.”
Citation:	Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Butte Cemetery Index, Office of Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed]. Source: Index and transcription notes donated to the Washington Historical Records Project by Maggie Rail, 2016.