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Butler County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- May 1, 1803
- Named after
- General Richard Butler
- Seat
- Hamilton
- Largest city
- Hamilton
- Total
- 470 sq mi (1,200 km )
- Land
- 467 sq mi (1,210 km )
- Water
- 3.1 sq mi (8.0 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 400,128
- Density
- 836/sq mi (323/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- bcohio .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Cincinnati metropolitan area
- Named after
- Richard Butler
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Hamilton
- Capital
- Hamilton
- Population
- 390357
- Area
- 1218
- Shares border with
- Montgomery County
- Headquarters
- Hamilton
- Official website
- bcohio.gov
- Image
- ButlerCountyOhioCourthouse.JPG
- Households
- 140736
- Licence plate code
- 09
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- topic's main category
- Category:Butler County, Ohio
- Commons category
- Butler County, Ohio
- inception
- 1803-05-01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Butler County, Ohio
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Butler County, Ohio
- different from
- Butler County
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Butler County
- per capita income
- 33018
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Encyclopedic overview
Butler County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 390,357, making it the seventh-most populous county in Ohio. Its county seat and most populous city is Hamilton. It is named for General Richard Butler, who died in 1791 during St. Clair's defeat. Located along the Great Miami River, it is also home to Miami University, a public university founded in 1809. Butler County is part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Butler County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.