| Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
| Date Organized: |
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| Location: |
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| County Seat: |
El Dorado |
| Origin of Name: |
Named for Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857), United States senator from South Carolina at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Act organizing Kansas Territory. |
| Cities & Townships |
| Place | Population (2020 census) |
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| Augusta (city) |
9,256 |
| Augusta Township |
1,242 |
| Benton Township |
2,330 |
| Bloomington Township |
495 |
| Bruno Township |
16,821 |
| Chelsea Township |
273 |
| Clay Township |
94 |
| Clifford Township |
253 |
| Douglass Township |
2,019 |
| El Dorado (city) |
12,870 |
| El Dorado Township |
874 |
| Fairmount Township |
474 |
| Fairview Township |
470 |
| Glencoe Township |
180 |
| Hickory Township |
96 |
| Lincoln Township |
288 |
| Little Walnut Township |
939 |
| Logan Township |
120 |
| Milton Township |
1,040 |
| Murdock Township |
459 |
| Pleasant Township |
5,342 |
| Plum Grove Township |
591 |
| Prospect Township |
2,262 |
| Richland Township |
2,562 |
| Rock Creek Township |
269 |
| Rosalia Township |
554 |
| Spring Township |
1,432 |
| Sycamore Township |
315 |
| Towanda Township |
2,651 |
| Union Township |
133 |
| Walnut Township |
676 |
| Total population: |
67,380 |
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| Population: |
| 1860 |  (437) | | 1870 | (3,035) | | 1880 | (18,586) | | 1890 | (24,055) | | 1900 | (23,363) | | 1910 | (23,059) | | 1920 | (43,842) | | 1930 | (35,904) | | 1940 | (32,013) | | 1950 | (31,001) | | 1960 | (38,395) | | 1970 | (38,658) | | 1980 | (44,782) | | 1990 | (50,580) | | 2000 | (59,482) | | 2010 | (65,880) | | 2020 | (67,380) | |
| Other Resources: |
Post offices in Butler County
Cemeteries in Butler County, As of 1906
Newspapers Available on Microfilm
Townships and Independent Cities in Butler County
Bibliography
Kansas Memory
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| Links to Other Sites: |
Butler County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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