Butler County, Alabama

Butler County is a county of the state of Alabama. It is named in honor of Captain William Butler, who was born in Virginia and fought in the Creek War. As of the 2010 census, the population of Butler County was 20,947. The county seat is Greenville.

History
Butler County was formed from Conecuh County, Alabama and Monroe County, Alabama, by an act passed on December 13, 1819, by the legislature while in session at Huntsville. This was the first session of the Legislature of Alabama as a state. The first proposed name for the county was Fairfield, but was changed on the passage of the bill to Butler, in honor of Captain William Butler.

The exact date of the first settlement within the limits of Butler County by the white settlers is unknown, but some records have it as early as 1814. The first settler with no dispute is James K. Benson, who settled in the Flat in 1815, and built the first house ever erected in Butler County. It was built near where Pine Flat Methodist Church now stands. The house was constructed out of logs. Soon after, William Ogly and John Dickerson came with their families and made a settlement on the Federal Road, about three miles south of where Fort Dale was later built. In the fall if 1816, a party from the state of Georgia came to set the in Pine Flat, including Thomas Hill, Warren A. Thompson, John Watts, and Benjamin Hill. Many more settlers arrived in 1817, since the hard work was already finished by these brave original souls.

Cities and Towns

 * Georgiana
 * Greenville
 * McKenzie (Part is in Conecuh County)

Unincorporated Communities

 * Avant
 * Bolling
 * Brushy Creek
 * Butler Springs
 * Chapman
 * Daisy
 * East Chapman
 * Forest Home
 * Ft. Dale
 * Garland
 * Glasgow
 * Grace
 * Green-More
 * Halso Mill
 * Industry
 * Liberty
 * Manningham
 * Mashville
 * Midway
 * Monterey
 * Mt. Olive
 * Oaky Streak
 * Odom Crossroads
 * Pigeon Creek
 * Providence
 * Reddock Springs
 * Ridgeville
 * Sand Cut
 * Saucer
 * Searcy
 * Shell
 * Starlington