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Butler
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city in and county seat of Bates County, Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Bates
- Total
- 4.08 sq mi (10.56 km )
- Land
- 4.07 sq mi (10.53 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 866 ft (264 m)
- Density
- 1,037.7/sq mi (400.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-10054
- Website
- www .cityofbutlermo .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Butler is a city in and the county seat of Bates County, Missouri, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 4,220 at the 2020 census. The city is named for William Orlando Butler, an American military and political figure of the early and mid-19th century. It is located approximately 50 mi (80 km) south of Kansas City, Missouri on Interstate 49.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Butler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.