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| | Butler County History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Butler County [582 square miles] was named in honor of General William Orlando Butler (1791-1880), a Kentucky statesman, officer in the Mexican War, and unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Vice President in 1848. |
 | | Although a full staff of county officials was elected, the offices were not considered sufficiently lucrative to warrant a trip to Independence to be sworn in, so the elected officers failed to qualify. |
 | | With the coming of the Dubuque and Dakota Railroad to Butler County in 1879, the town of Allison, named for United States Senator William B. Allison (1829-1908), was platted and was successful, after several elections, in having the courthouse built there in 1881 at a cost of $10,680. |
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