Butler County, Kentucky

Butler County is a located in the  of. It was formed in, becoming Kentucky's 53rd county. As of, the population is 13,010. Its is. Butler is a prohibition or.

History
The area now known as Butler County was settled by Richard C. Dellium and James Forgy, creating a town called Berry's Lick. The first industry in the area was -making.

The created Butler County on,  from parts of  and  counties. The county was named for  who died at the  in.

Civil War Monument, Butler county has one of only two civil war monuments dedicated to soldiers that served and died on both sides, dedicated in 1907 this zinc monument sets on the County Courthouse lawn in Morgantown.

Geography
Butler County is part of the region of. According to the, the county has a total area of 1,118 (432 ). 1,109 km² (428 sq mi) of it is land and 9 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.80%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 13,010 people, 5,059 households, and 3,708 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (30/sq mi). There were 5,815 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.88%, 0.52% or , 0.22% , 0.17% , 0.60% from , and 0.61% from two or more races. 1.04% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,059 households out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.30% were living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.70% were non-families. 23.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 29.20% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 12.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,405, and the median income for a family was $35,317. Males had a median income of $26,449 versus $19,894 for females. The for the county was $14,617. About 13.10% of families and 16.00% of the population were below the, including 18.50% of those under age 18 and 22.50% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation
For much of its history, Butler County's main line of transportation was the. As railroads became more important economically, the county compensated by building a series of roads to major trade centers such as connecting  with. Green River was eventually closed to traffic after 's Lock and Dam Number 4 washed out in 1965 and 's Lock and Dam Number 3 was abandoned by the in 1980. Completion of the linked the area to the national interstate system in 1970.

Notable natives

 * - Admiral who commanded the local Naval District at at the time of the  attack during  (Born in )
 * - of the  (Born in )
 * - from 1899 to 1900 (Born near Morgantown)