Facts About Butte-Silver Bow
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Butte is the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States.
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The city covers 718 square miles of which 716.25 sq mi is land and 0.57 sq mi is water.
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The city was named for a nearby landform, Big Butte, by the early miners.
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The city of Butte and Silver Bow county merged in 1977, officially creating the city of Butte-Silver Bow.
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Butte-Silver is twinned with the following sister cities Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany & Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
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Butte is Home to The World Museum of Mining, With over 50 exhibit buildings, endless artefacts and an underground mine tour.
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Novelist Marian Jensen also has published a mystery series named Mining City Mysteries, which is set in Butte and the surrounding region.
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In the 1890s, Butte supplied over 25% of the world’s copper and over 50% of the United States’ copper.
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Butte Is Home to the Oldest Chinese Restaurant in America, Pekin Noodle Parlor, the oldest continuously running Chinese restaurant in America.
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Butte-Silver Bow has a population density of 46.8 people per square mile.