Butler County, Pennsylvania

Created on March 12, 1800 from part of Allegheny County, and named for General Richard Butler. It was attached to Allegheny County until 1803. As of the 2010 census, the population was 183,862. Butler, the county seat, was laid out in 1803, incorporated as a borough on February 26, 1817, and chartered as a city on January 7, 1918.

Named in honor of General Richard Butler, born in York County; natural scenery is varied, with hills, knolls, and ridges, intervening valleys and broad, fertile fields, while many streams dash over rocky bottoms in all directions and flash their clear waters in the sunlight.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_County,_Pennsylvania
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Coordinates:  40°55'15"N 79°55'37"W
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