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  1. CountryUnited States
    StateKansas
    FoundedAugust 25, 1855
  1. County Profile | Butler County, KS - Official Website

  2. Butler County, Kansas - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical …

    WEBLearn about the history, geography, and culture of Butler County, the largest county by area in Kansas. Find out about its oil industry, its …

    • County Seat: El Dorado
    • Date Organized: February 11, 1859
    • Date Established: August 25, 1855
    • Kansas Region: South Central
  3. Butler County, Kansas Genealogy • FamilySearch

    WEBMay 1, 2024 · Butler County, Kansas Genealogy. Guide to Butler County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

  4. Butler County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society

    WEBButler County, Kansas. Date Established: August 25, 1855. Date Organized: Location: County Seat: El Dorado. Origin of Name: Named for Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857), United States senator from South …

  5. Butler County, Kansas – Legends of Kansas

    WEBButler County, Kansas, in the southeastern part of the state, was one of the original counties created by the Territorial Legislature in 1855. It was named in honor of a South Carolina Senator, Andrew Butler, one of the …

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    Guide to Butler County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. The county was named for a United States senator from South Carolina, Andrew Pickens Butler. The county is located in the south central area of the state.
    Butler County, Kansas by L.H. Everts & Co., 1887. Butler County, Kansas, in the southeastern part of the state, was one of the original counties created by the Territorial Legislature in 1855. It was named in honor of a South Carolina Senator, Andrew Butler, one of the authors of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and a strong pro-slavery advocate.
    Butler County, Kansas, in the south central part of the state, is part of the Flint Hills, known for the underlying bed of flinty limestone, and the vast Bluestem prairies. Since the rocky soil made for difficult plowing, these lands were not tilled but used for cattle grazing.
    Butler is the largest county by area in the state, at 1,428 square miles. At one point Butler County was the leading producer of oil in the state. The Bluestem pasture region is the largest parcel of native grasslands in North America.