Butler County, Kansas

**Butler County** (county code **BU**) is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 67,380 people lived there. Its county seat is El Dorado. El Dorado is also the biggest city in Butler County.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has an area of . Of that,  is land and  (1.2%) is water. It is the biggest county by size in Kansas.

### Major highways

Sources: National Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau
- Interstate 35
- U.S. Route 54
- U.S. Route 77
- Kansas Highway 96
- Kansas Highway 177
- Kansas Highway 196
- Kansas Highway 254

## People

Butler County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2024**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.6%** _22,426_|style="text-align:center;"|28.4% _9,150_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _660_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.6%** _22,634_|style="text-align:center;"|28.2% _9,181_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _705_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.0%** _19,073_|style="text-align:center;"|23.8% _6,573_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.3% _2,011_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.6%** _18,157_|style="text-align:center;"|27.9% _7,282_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _646_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.1%** _18,155_|style="text-align:center;"|32.9% _9,159_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _559_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.2%** _18,438_|style="text-align:center;"|28.5% _7,495_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _347_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.7%** _13,377_|style="text-align:center;"|32.2% _6,755_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.2% _870_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _13,979_|style="text-align:center;"|30.6% _7,294_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.7% _2,543_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**38.8%** _9,166_|style="text-align:center;"|29.8% _7,029_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|31.5% _7,434_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.6%** _10,976_|style="text-align:center;"|40.4% _7,690_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _390_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.3%** _12,976_|style="text-align:center;"|32.6% _6,371_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _217_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.3%** _10,210_|style="text-align:center;"|37.3% _6,875_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.4% _1,368_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|48.5% _8,390_|style="text-align:center;"|**49.3%** _8,540_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _386_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.4%** _11,045_|style="text-align:center;"|28.5% _4,669_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.1% _675_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.8%** _7,893_|style="text-align:center;"|38.3% _5,952_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.9% _1,696_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|41.0% _6,364_|style="text-align:center;"|**58.3%** _9,061_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _107_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.4%** _10,059_|style="text-align:center;"|41.3% _7,112_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _61_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.7%** _9,591_|style="text-align:center;"|39.0% _6,158_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _45_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.0%** _10,179_|style="text-align:center;"|34.2% _5,359_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _113_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.6%** _6,551_|style="text-align:center;"|48.4% _6,269_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _132_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.5%** _7,064_|style="text-align:center;"|46.1% _6,084_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _55_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.6%** _7,619_|style="text-align:center;"|49.6% _7,615_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _126_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|40.0% _6,204_|style="text-align:center;"|**59.8%** _9,283_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _27_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|43.7% _6,116_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.2%** _7,447_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _431_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.4%** _10,168_|style="text-align:center;"|19.8% _2,533_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _101_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.9%** _7,367_|style="text-align:center;"|28.6% _3,642_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.4% _1,707_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.6%** _6,821_|style="text-align:center;"|36.5% _4,112_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% _331_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|43.2% _3,614_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.7%** _4,248_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.1% _511_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|18.3% _971_|style="text-align:center;"|37.8% _2,005_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**43.9%** _2,330_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.0%** _3,049_|style="text-align:center;"|40.5% _2,290_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.5% _310_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.9%** _3,306_|style="text-align:center;"|28.8% _1,540_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.3% _495_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.6%** _2,947_|style="text-align:center;"|47.3% _2,752_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _120_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|44.9% _2,414_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.4%** _2,926_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|48.6% _2,650_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**51.4%** _2,800_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.4%** _3,172_|style="text-align:center;"|28.2% _1,616_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|16.4% _942_|

### Cities

- Andover
- Augusta
- Benton
- Cassoday
- Douglass
- Elbing
- El Dorado
- Latham
- Leon
- Potwin
- Rose Hill
- Towanda
- Whitewater

## More reading

- _History of Butler County, Kansas_; Vol P Mooney; Standard Publishing; 869 pages; 1916.
- _An Illustrated Hand Book, Compiled from the Official Statistics, Descriptive of Butler County, Kansas_; 66 pages; T.B. Murdock; 1887.
- _Standard Atlas of Butler County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 69 pages; 1905.
- _Standard Atlas of Butler County, Kansas_; Walter F. McGinnis & I.C. Thomas; 59 pages; 1885.

## Other websites

- County
- Butler County - Directory of Public Officials
- Historical
- Butler County GenWeb
- Kansas State Historical Society
- Maps
- Butler County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Butler County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: El Dorado Courthouse, Butler County, Kansas.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Butler County Courthouse in El Dorado, Kansas, El Dorado (2011)
- **founded**: August 25, 1855
- **named for**: Andrew Butler, Andrew Pickens Butler
- **seat wl**: El Dorado
- **largest city wl**: Andover
- **area total sq mi**: 1447
- **area land sq mi**: 1430
- **area water sq mi**: 17
- **area percentage**: 1.2
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 67380
- **population density sq mi**: 47.1
- **area codes**: Area code 316, 316
- **district**: 4th
- **time zone**: Central