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==History== [[File:Buttonwillow tree in Buttonwillow, California.jpg|thumb|The buttonwillow tree (''[[Cephalanthus occidentalis]]'') for which the community is named]] The town was originally called '''Buena Vista''' when it was founded in 1895, but the name quickly became Buttonwillow.<ref name=CGN /> Buttonwillow was named for the ''buttonbush'' ''([[Cephalanthus occidentalis]])''. A lone buttonbush served as a landmark on an old trans-valley trail and was used by the indigenous [[Yokuts]] people as a meeting place, later becoming the site of settlers' stock rodeos.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-05-29/the-legend-of-rural-california-ancient-buttonwillow-tree|title=The legend of rural California’s ancient buttonwillow tree|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 29, 2025|first=Hailey|last=Branson-Potts|access-date=2025-05-29}}</ref> The [[Miller & Lux]] holdings company eventually established a headquarters and store near the tree.<ref>David W. Kean, ''Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties)'', p. 19</ref> This tree is listed as [[California Historical Landmark]] No. 492. This landmark is now known as the Buttonwillow Tree. California Historical Landmark reads: :.NO. 492 BUTTONWILLOW TREE - This lone tree, which gave the town of Buttonwillow its name, served as a landmark on an old trans-valley trail. An ancient Yokuts Indian meeting place, it later became the site of settlers' stock rodeos. Miller and Lux established their headquarters and store here about 1885."<ref>[https://www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com/landmarks/chl-492 californiahistoricallandmarks.com Landmark chl-492]</ref> The first United States Post Office at Buttonwillow was established in 1895.<ref name=CGN />
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