Butler (alabama)
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 Location of Butler in Alabama
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1848 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| County : | Choctaw County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 5 ′ N , 88 ° 13 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,894 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 130.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 14.5 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) of which 14.5 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 65 m |
| Postal code : | 36904 |
| Area code : | +1 205 |
| FIPS : | 01-11032 |
| GNIS ID : | 0157905 |
| Website : | www.butleralabama.org |
| Mayor : | Ben W. Smith |
Butler is a city and county seat in Choctaw County in Alabama , United States . According to an official estimate from 2006, the city had a population of 1,770 with a population density of 122.1 inhabitants per km².
geography
Butler is located in southwest Alabama in the southern United States, about 18 kilometers east of the Mississippi border . The area of the place is 14.5 km², all of which is land.
Nearby places include Lisman (7 km northwest), Needham (13 km southwest), Pennington (14 km northeast) and Toxey (18 km south). The next larger city with 205,000 inhabitants is the capital of Alabama, Montgomery, about 167 kilometers to the east .
history
The city was founded and settled in 1848, one year after Choctaw County was founded and Butlers was established as its county seat. It was named after a soldier who was killed in the Mexican-American War . A post office was opened in 1848, and the courthouse was built in the same year, which burned down in 1870 and was rebuilt in the same year. The current courthouse dates from 1907.
traffic
Alabama State Route 17 runs from north to south of the city and connects to US Highway 80 in the north and US Highway 84 in the south . It is crossed in the center of the Alabama State Route 10 , which connects to US Highway 43 in the east .
The city-owned Butler – Choctaw County Airport is 5 kilometers east .
Demographics
At the time of the United States Census 2000, 1952 people lived in the city. The population density was 134.6 people per km ². There were 945 housing units at an average of 65.2 per km ². Butler's population was 81.56% white , 17.88% black or African American , 0.26% Native American , 0.31% Asian , 0.61% said they belonged to other races and 0.31% said two or more races. 0.61% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents of Butler were distributed to 823 households out of which 30.0% were living in children under 18 years of age. 49.0% of households are married, 33.5% had a female head of the household without a husband, and 32.3% were not families. 32.3% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 13.0% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.78 people.
The urban population was divided into 22.1% minors, 7.1% 18–24 year olds, 25.2% 25–44 year olds, 25.0% 45–64 year olds and 20.6% aged 65 years or more. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 women there were 84.0 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 76.5 men.
The median household income in Butler was 35,302 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 43,056 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 38,750 compared to $ 20,700 for women. The per capita income in Butler was $ 18,221. 14.9% of the population and 13.3% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 22.4% of minors and 8.0% of those aged 65 and over.
By the United States Census 2010 , the population had dropped to 1,894.
sons and daughters of the town
- Ty Herndon (born 1962), country singer
- Johnny Ruffin , a pitcher of Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds , Arizona Diamondbacks and Florida Marlins
Name variants
The city has a few different names:
- Hendrick's Crossroads
- Hendricks Crossroads
- Hendrix Crossroads
Web links
- Official website of Butler (English)
- Statistical data on Butler (English)
- Butler in the Encyclopedia of Alabama (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Newspaper, use form AL-T167 / Name / Date. Choctaw Advocate / 23 October 1997
- ^ Choctaw County Historical Society. Church Histories of Choctaw County, Alabama. Butler, Ala .: The Society, 1980. p18
- ↑ Foscue, Virginia. Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1989. p26