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Butler County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 8,395. Its county seat is David City. The county was created in 1856 and organized in 1868.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Butler County is represented by the prefix 25 (when the license plate system was established in 1922, it had the 25th-largest number of vehicles registered of all counties in the state).
In 2010, Nebraska's center of population was in Butler County, near the village of Rising City.
Timeline
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| 1856 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1857 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1857 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1859 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1869 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1860 | 27
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| 1870 | 1,290
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| 1880 | 9,194
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| 1890 | 15,454
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| 1900 | 15,703
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| 1910 | 15,403
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| 1920 | 14,606
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| 1930 | 14,410
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| 1940 | 13,106
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| 1950 | 11,432
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| 1960 | 10,312
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| 1970 | 9,461
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| 1980 | 9,330
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| 1990 | 8,601
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Butler County, Nebraska, United States
Research Tips
Resources
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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