Butternut may refer to: *

Butternut (tree) ''Juglans cinerea'', commonly known as butternut or white walnut,Snow, Charles Henry ''The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties'' 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1908. p. 56. is a species of walnut native to the e ...

, ''Juglans cinerea'', a species of walnut tree commonly called a butternut tree *

Butternut squash Butternut squash (''Cucurbita moschata''), known in Australia and New Zealand as butternut pumpkin or gramma, is a type of winter squash that grows on a vine. It has a sweet, nutty taste similar to that of a pumpkin. It has tan-yellow skin and ...

, ''Cucurbita moschata'', an edible winter squash * USS ''Butternut'' (YAG-60), a 1941 ship of the United States Navy *

Butternut Breads Flowers Foods, headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, is a producer and marketer of packed bakery food. The company operates 47 bakeries producing bread, buns, rolls, snack cakes, pastries, and tortillas. Flowers Foods' products are sold regi ...

, a regional brand marketed by Flowers Foods *

Butternut (people) Butternut was a term applied to inhabitants of the southern parts of Ohio, Illinois and Indiana in the early to mid-nineteenth century. Many of these settlers originated in the Southern United States, particularly Virginia, Kentucky and North Caro ...

, a nineteenth century term for southern settlers of the American

old Northwest The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolutionary War. Established in 1 ...

Places

Butternut, Wisconsin Butternut is a village in Ashland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 375 at the 2010 census. Geography Butternut is located at (46.013958, -90.494614). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a tota ...

, a village *

Butternuts, New York Butternuts is a town located in Otsego County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,786. The Town of Butternuts is located in the southwestern part of the county, and is west of Oneonta. History Buttern ...

, a town *

Butternut, Minnesota Butternut is an unincorporated community in Butternut Valley Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd m ...

, an unincorporated community *

Butternut Lake (Meeker County, Minnesota) Butternut Lake is a lake in Meeker County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Butternut Lake was named for the butternut trees near the lake. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "La ...

, a lake *

Butternut Valley Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Butternut Valley Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 382 as of the 2000 census. History Butternut Valley Township was organized in 1858, and named after Butternuts, New York, the former hom ...

, a township *

Ski Butternut Ski Butternut, also known as Butternut Basin, is a ski resort in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, located on Warner Mountain in The Berkshires. Channing and Jane Murdock took control of the area in 1963, naming the area Butternut Basin after the ...

, a ski resort in Great Barrington, Massachusetts