Butler County, Kentucky
| Butler County, Kentucky | |
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Butler County Courthouse in Morgantown
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 Location in the U.S. state of Kentucky |
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 Kentucky's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1810 |
| Named for | Richard Butler |
| Seat | Morgantown |
| Largest city | Morgantown |
| Area | |
| • Total | 431 sq mi (1,116 km2) |
| • Land | 426 sq mi (1,103 km2) |
| • Water | 5.4 sq mi (14 km2), 1.2% |
| Population | |
| • (2000) | 13,010 |
| • Density | 30/sq mi (12/km²) |
| Congressional district | 2nd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Butler County is a county located in the US state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,690. Its county seat is Morgantown. The county was formed in 1810, becoming Kentucky's 53rd county. It is a prohibition, or "dry", county.
Butler County is included in the Bowling Green, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Numerous archaeological sites are located along the Green River in Butler County. A 1932 survey found nine sites, many of which were a group of shell mounds, including the Carlston Annis and DeWeese Shell Mounds.
The area now known as Butler County was first settled by the families of Richard C. Dellium and James Forgy, who founded a town called Berry's Lick. The first industry was salt-making.
On January 18, 1810, the Kentucky General Assembly created Butler County from portions of Logan and Ohio counties. The new county was named for Major General Richard Butler, who died at the Battle of the Wabash in 1791.
Butler County has one of only two Civil War monuments in Kentucky that honor the soldiers of both sides. The Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in Morgantown, a zinc monument, was dedicated in 1907 on the Butler County Courthouse lawn.
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