Butler

city and the county seat of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Butler
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Summary

Butler is a city of Pennsylvania[1]. Butler draws 1,704 Wikipedia views per month (city of pennsylvania category, ranking #14 of 54).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Butler County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Connoquenessing Creek[5]
  • Head of government: Robert A. Dandoy[6]
  • Instance of: county seat[7]
  • Named after: Richard Butler[8]
  • Postal code: 16001[9], 16002[10], 16003[11]
  • Commons category: Butler, Pennsylvania[12]
  • Local dialing code: 724[13]
  • Inception: January 1, 1802[14]
  • Coordinate location: 40.861111111111114, -79.89527777777778[15]
  • Significant event: attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania[16]
  • Official website: https://cityofbutler.org/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Butler, Pennsylvania[18]
  • Population: 13,757[19], 13,502[20]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22]
  • Capital of: Butler County[23]
  • Official name: Butler[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Butler, Pennsylvania[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Butler, Pennsylvania[26]
  • Number of households: 5884[27]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Butler, Pennsylvania[28]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1043[29]
  • Area: 7.041295[30], 7.041303[31]
  • Water as percent of area: 0[32]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Butler include Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport[33], an airport[34], in United States[35].

Why It Matters

Butler has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Butler is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Butler include Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport[33], an airport[34], in United States[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → butler
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: butler, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920783|butler (#289920783)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 4w ago · Natsthename1 · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikitree category or space → Category:Butler, Pennsylvania
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Wikitree category or space: Category:Butler, Pennsylvania"
  3. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Territory overlaps → Butler urban area
    Area → {'amount': '+7.041295'}, {'amount': '+7.041303'}
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+0'}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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