Study Butte
GPS Coords: 29.324722, -103.528889
At the junction of TX 118 and FM 170, Study Butte is just two miles west of Big Bend National Park.
Study Butte (STEW-dee BEWT) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brewster County. The population was 233 at the 2010 census. At the 2000 census, the area was part of the Study Butte-Terlingua CDP.
Study (rhymes with duty) Butte (rhymes with fruit) has about the same history as Terlingua (rhymes with nothing). Both were economically tied to the mining of mercury and both experienced the same booms and busts. One of the differences between them is that Study Butte was named after Will Study and Terlingua wasn't.
Study Butte isn't quite a ghost town but it probably would be if not for the park.