Twin Buttes, North Dakota

Twin Buttes, North Dakota
Unincorporated community
Twin Buttes is located in North Dakota
Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes is located in the United States
Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes
Coordinates: 47°30′59″N 102°14′47″W / 47.51639°N 102.24639°W / 47.51639; -102.24639
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyDunn
Elevation
[1]
2,221 ft (677 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code701
GNIS feature ID1032562[1]

Twin Buttes (Hidatsa: Idarúhxa Arucúhgaru Maa’ú’sh or cuuk gaamaaʔuush;[2] Mandan: Tííru’pa Pshíí Wóónis) is an unincorporated community in Dunn County, North Dakota, United States. It is a community on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, which is home of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Three Affiliated Tribes. Twin Buttes is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Lake Sakakawea, and 12 miles (19 km) north-northeast of Halliday.

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Twin Buttes, North Dakota
  2. ^ "Hidatsa Lessons Vocab2". Hidatsa Language Program. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2012.