Butler County | |
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| County of Butler | |
 Butler County Courthouse in David City | |
 Interactive map of Butler County | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Nebraska |
| Established | January 26, 1856 |
| Organized | October 21, 1868 |
| Named for | William Orlando Butler |
| County seat | David City |
| Largest city | David City |
| Area | |
• Total | 591 sq mi (1,530 km2) |
| • Land | 585 sq mi (1,520 km2) |
| • Water | 5.9 sq mi (15 km2) 1.0% |
| Highest elevation | 1,739 ft (530 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 902 ft (275 m) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2021[1]) | 8,369 |
| • Density | 13.8/sq mi (5.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 402/531 |
| FIPS code | 31023 |
| GNIS feature ID | 835833 |
| Website | www.co.butler.ne.us |
Butler County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 8,369.[1] Its county seat is David City.[2] The county was created in 1856[3] and organized in 1868.[4][5]
In the Nebraska license plate system, Butler County is represented by the prefix 25 (when the license plate system was established in 1922, it had the 25th-largest number of vehicles registered of all counties in the state).
In 2010, Nebraska's center of population was in Butler County, near the village of Rising City.[6]
- ^ a b "County Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 28. ISBN 0803250606. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ Andreas, A. T. (1882). "Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska". The Kansas Collection. Archived from the original on May 20, 2003. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ "Butler County". Nebraska Association of County Officials. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ "Centers of Population by State: 2010". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.