Kansas Counties
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Butler County, Kansas
| Date Established: | August 25, 1855 |
| Date Organized: | |
| 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 (2000 census) |
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| Augusta (city) | 8,423 |
| El Dorado (city) | 12,057 |
| Augusta Township | 1,405 |
| Benton Township | 2,211 |
| Bloomington Township | 544 |
| Bruno Township | 9,744 |
| Chelsea Township | 190 |
| Clay Township | 83 |
| Clifford Township | 259 |
| Douglass Township | 2,306 |
| El Dorado Township | 1,700 |
| Fairmount Township | 511 |
| Fairview Township | 491 |
| Glencoe Township | 239 |
| Hickory Township | 90 |
| Lincoln Township | 317 |
| Little Walnut Township | 1,002 |
| Logan Township | 154 |
| Milton Township | 1,136 |
| Murdock Township | 378 |
| Pleasant Township | 4,649 |
| Plum Grove Township | 661 |
| Prospect Township | 2,033 |
| Richland Township | 2,399 |
| Rock Creek Township | 299 |
| Rosalia Township | 589 |
| Spring Township | 1,566 |
| Sycamore Township | 333 |
| Towanda Township | 2,727 |
| Union Township | 226 |
| Walnut Township | 760 |
| Total population: | 59,482 | |
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| Population: |
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1860
|
 (437) |
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1870
|
(3,035) |
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1880
|
(18,586) |
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1890
|
(24,055) |
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1900
|
(23,363) |
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1910
|
(23,059) |
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1920
|
(43,842) |
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1930
|
(35,904) |
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1940
|
(32,013) |
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1950
|
(31,001) |
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1960
|
(38,395) |
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1970
|
(38,658) |
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1980
|
(44,782) |
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1990
|
(50,580) |
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2000
|
(59,482) |
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| Other Resources: | Bibliography
Cemeteries in Butler County, as of 1906
Newspapers available on microfilm
Townships & Independent Cities in Butler County
Post offices in Butler County
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| Links to Other Sites: | Butler County page [Blue Skyways]
Butler County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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