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Butler County
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county in Missouri, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Butler County is referenced by 547 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Missouri and United States Senate.
The entry is geolocated on the map in MO.
It sits within the topics 1849 establishments in Missouri, Butler County, Missouri and Missouri counties.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- February 27, 1849
- Named after
- William Orlando Butler
- Seat
- Poplar Bluff
- Largest city
- Poplar Bluff
- Total
- 699 sq mi (1,810 km )
- Land
- 695 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Water
- 4.3 sq mi (11 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 41,904
- Density
- 60.6/sq mi (23.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- butlercountymo .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Orlando Butler
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Poplar Bluff
- Capital
- Poplar Bluff
- Population
- 42130
- Area
- 1810
- Shares border with
- Ripley County
- Official website
- www.butlercountymo.com
- Image
- Butler County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 16358
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- different from
- Butler County
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- Commons category
- Butler County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Butler County, Missouri
- inception
- 1849-02-27
- native label
- Butler County
- per capita income
- 22611
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Encyclopedic overview
Butler County is a county located in the southeast Ozark Foothills Region in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 Census, the county's population was 42,130. The largest city and county seat is Poplar Bluff. The county was officially organized from Wayne County on February 27, 1849, and is named after former U.S. Representative William O. Butler (D-Kentucky), who was also an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States. The first meeting in the Butler County Courthouse was held on June 18, 1849.
Butler County comprises the Poplar Bluff, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Butler County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.