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Butler County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Named after
- William Orlando Butler
- Seat
- Allison
- Largest city
- Parkersburg
- Total
- 582 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Land
- 580 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,049
- Density
- 25/sq mi (9.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- butlercounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Butler County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,334. Its county seat is Allison. The county was organized in 1854 and named for General William O. Butler.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Butler County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.