Butte, NE

Butte is a village in and the county seat of Boyd County, Nebraska, United States. The 2020 census counted 286 residents. 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 two miles west of Butte in the early 1990s. Butte is in Boyd County Public Schools, established in June 2017. Butte was previously in West Boyd Schools, which was established in a merger in July 2007. Butte makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Butte is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters.