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Butler County

county in Alabama, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_alabama Q108871
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Summary

Butler County is a county of Alabama[1]. It draws 671 Wikipedia views per month (county of alabama category, ranking #10 of 68).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alabama[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Greenville[5]
  • Shares border with: Lowndes County[6], Crenshaw County[7], Covington County[8], Conecuh County[9], Monroe County[10], Wilcox County[11]
  • Named after: William Butler[12]
  • Commons category: Butler County, Alabama[13]
  • Licence plate code: 10[14]
  • Inception: December 13, 1819[15]
  • Coordinate location: 31.749444444444, -86.682222222222[16]
  • Official website: https://butlercountyal.com[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Butler County, Alabama[18]
  • Population: 20,947[19], 20,944[20], 20,662[21], 20,384[22], 20,265[23], 21,399[24], 20,154[25], 19,051[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Alabama[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Butler County, Alabama[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Q128598958[29]
  • Number of households: 6649[30]
  • Native label: Butler County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107694[32]
  • Different from: Butler County[33]
  • Elevation above sea level: 109[34]
  • Area: 2015[35], 776.83[36], 2012[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.1[38]
  • Mean age: 41.2[39]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Butler County, Alabama[40]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Butler County, Alabama[41]

Why It Matters

Butler County has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

Alabama United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14901 → butler-county
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
  2. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Butler County, Alab
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Butler County, Alabama.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidentia"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Lowndes County, Crenshaw County, Covington County +3
    Category for the view of the item → Category:Views of Butler County, Alabama
    Named after → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+109'}
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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