Butler County | |
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County of Butler | |
Butler County Courthouse in David City | |
![]() Interactive map of Butler County | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
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Established | January 26, 1856 |
Organized | October 21, 1868 |
Named for | William Orlando Butler |
County seat | David City |
Largest city | David City |
Area | |
• Total | 591 sq mi (1,530 km2) |
• Land | 585 sq mi (1,520 km2) |
• Water | 5.9 sq mi (15 km2) 1.0% |
Highest elevation | 1,739 ft (530 m) |
Lowest elevation | 902 ft (275 m) |
Population | |
• Estimate (2021[1]) | 8,369 |
• Density | 13.8/sq mi (5.3/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Area code | 402/531 |
FIPS code | 31023 |
GNIS feature ID | 835833 |
Website | www.co.butler.ne.us |
Butler County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 8,369.[1] Its county seat is David City.[2] The county was created in 1856[3] and organized in 1868.[4][5]
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.[6]