Butler County, Pennsylvania

Butler County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	butler
Address of the administrative headquarters:	124 W. Diamond St. Butler, PA 16001
Foundation :	March 12, 1800
Made up from:	Allegheny County
Area code :	001 724
Demographics
Residents :	174,083  (2000)
Population density :	85.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2058 km²
Water surface :	16 km²
map
Website : www.co.butler.pa.us

Butler County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 174,083 residents and a population density of 85 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Butler .

history

The county was founded on March 12, 1800 and after the general from the Revolutionary War , Richard Butler , named.

One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Harmony Historic District . Eleven structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 20, 2018).

geography

The county has an area of ​​2058 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water.

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	56,962		-
1910	72,689		27.6%
1920	77,270		6.3%
1930	80,480		4.2%
1940	87,590		8.8%
1950	97,320		11.1%
1960	114,639		17.8%
1970	127.941		11.6%
1980	147.912		15.6%
1990	152.013		2.8%
2000	174.083		14.5%
1900-1990 2000

Cities and towns

Map of Butler County

Adams Township Allegheny Township Brady Township Bruin Buffalo Township Butler Township butler Callery Center township Cherry Township Cherry Valley Chicora Clay Township Clearfield Township Clinton Township Concord Township Connoquenessing Township Connoquenessing Cranberry Township Donegal Township East Butler Eau Claire	Evans City Fairview Township Fairview Fernway Forward Township Fox Run Franklin Township Harmony Harrisville Homeacre-Lyndora Jackson Township Jefferson Township Karns City Lancaster Township Marion Township Mars Meadowood Mercer Township meridian Middlesex Township Muddy Creek Township Nixon	Oak Hills Oakland Township Parker Township Penn Township Petrolia Portersville Prospect Saxonburg Seven Fields Shanor Northvue Slippery Rock Township Slippery skirt Summit Township Valencia Venango Township Washington Township West Liberty West Sunbury Winfield Township Worth Township Zelienople

Individual evidence

1. ^ Butler County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 38 .
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania . National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2018.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2018.
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Web links

Commons : Butler County, Pennsylvania  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 55 ′  N , 79 ° 55 ′  W