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Kentucky Counties

Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, third in the U.S. behind Texas's 254 and Georgia's 159.

Butler County, Kentucky

Butler County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Morgantown
Year Organized: 1810
Square Miles: 428

Court House:

P.O. Box 626
County Courthouse
Morgantown, KY 42261-0626

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Gen. Richard Butler (1743-1791), Revolutionary War officer; Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Northern District; arranged the treaty of 1786 with the Shawnee and Delaware Indians

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Butler county was formed in 1810. It is located in the Western Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 385 to 810 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 13,010 in a land area of 428.08 square miles, an average of 30.4 people per square mile. The county seat is Morgantown.

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Grayson County
East: Edmonson County
Southeast: Warren County
Southwest: Logan County
West: Muhlenberg County
Northwest: Ohio County

Cities and Towns:

- Morgantown (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Rochester	city	Incorporated Area
- Woodbury	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."