Editing Buttonwillow, California (section)

==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 ancient [[Yokuts]] Indian as a meeting place, later becoming the site of settlers' stock rodeos. 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 />