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Like of most of Kansas’ counties, Butler County is solidly Republican. In 2008, John McCain carried the county by a nearly two-to-one margin over Barack Obama. Since 1992, no Democratic candidate has received so much as forty percent of the county's vote. The last Democratic candidate to carry the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976.<!-- -->

Laws

Butler County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.

Education

College

  • Butler County Community College in El Dorado

Unified school districts

School districts include:

  • Bluestem USD 205
  • Remington USD 206
  • Circle USD 375
  • Andover USD 385
  • Rose Hill USD 394
  • Douglass USD 396
  • Augusta USD 402
  • El Dorado USD 490
  • Flinthills USD 492

;School districts with offices in neighboring counties

Cities

  • Andover
  • Augusta
  • Benton
  • Cassoday
  • Douglass
  • Elbing
  • El Dorado (county seat)
  • Latham
  • Leon
  • Potwin
  • Rose Hill
  • Towanda
  • Whitewater

Unincorporated communities

† means a community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.

  • Beaumont†
  • Bois d'Arc
  • Brainerd
  • De Graff
  • Gordon
  • Haverhill
  • Keighley
  • Lorena
  • Midian
  • Pontiac
  • Rosalia†

Ghost towns

  • Aikman
  • Alki
  • Amador
  • Browntown
  • Chelsea (now under El Dorado Lake)
  • Dixon
  • Durachen
  • Edgecomb
  • Frazier
  • Indianola
  • Little Walnut
  • Magna City
  • Oil Hill
  • Nellans
  • Numa
  • Oil Valley
  • Ophir
  • Palmyra
  • Pine Grove
  • Plum Grove
  • Providence
  • Quito
  • Ramsey
  • Salter
  • Sycamore Springs
  • Vanora
  • Wingate

Townships

Butler County is divided into twenty-nine townships. The cities of Augusta and El Dorado are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

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! Township !! FIPS !! Population<br/>center

! Population !! Population<br/>density<br/><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq mi)</small>

! Land area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)</small> !! Water area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)</small> !! Water %

! Geographic coordinates

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| Augusta|| 03325 || || 1,405 || 17 (43) || 84 (32) || 1 (0) || 0.68% ||

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| Benton|| 06200 || Benton || 2,211 || 24 (61) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

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| Bloomington|| 07500 || || 544 || 6 (15) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

|-

| Bruno|| 08825 || Andover || 9,744 || 107 (278) || 91 (35) || 0 (0) || 0.10% ||

|-

| Chelsea|| 12750 || || 190 || 1 (2) || 261 (101) || 17 (7) || 6.15% ||

|-

| Clay|| 13575 || || 83 || 1 (2) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.22% ||

|-

| Clifford|| 14175 || || 259 || 2 (6) || 108 (42) || 0 (0) || 0.18% ||

|-

| Douglass|| 18425 || Douglass || 2,306 || 25 (64) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.32% ||

|-

| El Dorado|| 20100 || || 1,700 || 12 (32) || 140 (54) || 2 (1) || 1.46% ||

|-

| Fairmount|| 22275 || Elbing || 511 || 5 (14) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.14% ||

|-

| Fairview|| 22450 || || 491 || 5 (14) || 92 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.14% ||

|-

| Glencoe|| 26400 || || 239 || 1 (4) || 161 (62) || 1 (0) || 0.60% ||

|-

| Hickory|| 31750 || || 90 || 1 (1) || 162 (62) || 1 (0) || 0.67% ||

|-

| Lincoln|| 40500 || || 317 || 1 (3) || 257 (99) || 2 (1) || 0.64% ||

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| Little Walnut|| 41625 || Leon || 1,002 || 11 (28) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.44% ||

|-

| Logan|| 41775 || || 154 || 2 (4) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.16% ||

|-

| Milton|| 46875 || Whitewater || 1,136 || 12 (31) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.15% ||

|-

| Murdock|| 49225 || || 378 || 4 (10) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

|-

| Pleasant|| 56200 || Rose Hill (part) || 4,649 || 50 (129) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.11% ||

|-

| Plum Grove|| 56850 || Potwin || 661 || 7 (19) || 92 (36) || 1 (0) || 0.58% ||

|-

| Prospect|| 57775 || || 2,033 || 10 (26) || 203 (78) || 16 (6) || 7.20% ||

|-

| Richland|| 59250 || Rose Hill (part) || 2,399 || 26 (66) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.02% ||

|-

| Rock Creek|| 60475 || || 299 || 3 (8) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

|-

| Rosalia|| 61125 || || 589 || 4 (9) || 162 (63) || 1 (0) || 0.58% ||

|-

| Spring|| 67275 || || 1,566 || 17 (43) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.13% ||

|-

| Sycamore|| 69700 || Cassoday || 333 || 1 (3) || 295 (114) || 2 (1) || 0.76% ||

|-

| Towanda|| 71150 || Towanda || 2,727 || 29 (76) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.14% ||

|-

| Union|| 72050 || Latham || 226 || 1 (4) || 161 (62) || 1 (0) || 0.72% ||

|-

| Walnut|| 74900 || || 760 || 8 (21) || 92 (36) || 1 (0) || 0.77% ||

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See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Kansas

References

Further 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.

;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