Kansas Counties

Butler County, Kansas

Date Established:

August 25, 1855

Date Organized:

Location:

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 (2010 census)
Augusta (city)	9,274
Augusta Township	1,371
Benton Township	2,278
Bloomington Township	535
Bruno Township	14,123
Chelsea Township	267
Clay Township	70
Clifford Township	276
Douglass Township	2,171
El Dorado (city)	13,021
El Dorado Township	1,039
Fairmount Township	489
Fairview Township	519
Glencoe Township	202
Hickory Township	74
Lincoln Township	310
Little Walnut Township	1,044
Logan Township	122
Milton Township	1,153
Murdock Township	402
Pleasant Township	5,122
Plum Grove Township	660
Prospect Township	2,429
Richland Township	2,568
Rock Creek Township	325
Rosalia Township	631
Spring Township	1,487
Sycamore Township	343
Towanda Township	2,668
Union Township	184
Walnut Township	723
Total population:	65,880

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)

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

Links to Other Sites:

Butler County page [Blue Skyways]
Butler County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]

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