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Butler County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- January 18, 1810
- Named after
- Richard Butler
- Seat
- Morgantown
- Largest city
- Morgantown
- Judge executive
- Tim Flener (R)
- Total
- 431 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Land
- 426 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 5.4 sq mi (14 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,520
- Density
- 29.0/sq mi (11.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- butlercounty .ky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Richard Butler
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Morgantown
- Capital
- Morgantown
- Population
- 12371
- Area
- 1118
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Muhlenberg County
- Official website
- www.butlercounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Butler County Courthouse Kentucky.jpg
- Households
- 4823
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- different from
- Butler County
- Commons category
- Butler County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Butler County, Kentucky
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Butler County, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Butler County
- inception
- 1819-01-18
- per capita income
- 22672
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Encyclopedic overview
Butler County is a county located in the US state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 12,371. Its county seat is Morgantown. The county was formed in 1810, becoming Kentucky's 53rd county. Butler County is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Butler County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.