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,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.

Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential election results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202469.6% 22,42628.4% 9,1502.0% 660202069.6% 22,63428.2% 9,1812.2% 705201669.0% 19,07323.8% 6,5737.3% 2,011201269.6% 18,15727.9% 7,2822.5% 646200865.1% 18,15532.9% 9,1592.0% 559200470.2% 18,43828.5% 7,4951.3% 347200063.7% 13,37732.2% 6,7554.2% 870199658.7% 13,97930.6% 7,29410.7% 2,543199238.8% 9,16629.8% 7,02931.5% 7,434198857.6% 10,97640.4% 7,6902.1% 390198466.3% 12,97632.6% 6,3711.1% 217198055.3% 10,21037.3% 6,8757.4% 1,368197648.5% 8,39049.3% 8,5402.2% 386197267.4% 11,04528.5% 4,6694.1% 675196850.8% 7,89338.3% 5,95210.9% 1,696196441.0% 6,36458.3% 9,0610.7% 107196058.4% 10,05941.3% 7,1120.4% 61195660.7% 9,59139.0% 6,1580.3% 45195265.0% 10,17934.2% 5,3590.7% 113194850.6% 6,55148.4% 6,2691.0% 132194453.5% 7,06446.1% 6,0840.4% 55194049.6% 7,61949.6% 7,6150.8% 126193640.0% 6,20459.8% 9,2830.2% 27193243.7% 6,11653.2% 7,4473.1% 431192879.4% 10,16819.8% 2,5330.8% 101192457.9% 7,36728.6% 3,64213.4% 1,707192060.6% 6,82136.5% 4,1122.9% 331191643.2% 3,61450.7% 4,2486.1% 511191218.3% 97137.8% 2,00543.9% 2,330190854.0% 3,04940.5% 2,2905.5% 310190461.9% 3,30628.8% 1,5409.3% 495190050.6% 2,94747.3% 2,7522.1% 120189644.9% 2,41454.4% 2,9260.7% 35189248.6% 2,65051.4% 2,800188855.4% 3,17228.2% 1,61616.4% 942

Communities

Cities

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

References

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


Category:1855 establishments in Kansas Territory