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| | Bicentennial parties today in Butler, Warren counties |
 | | On March 24, 1803, the General Assembly established the new counties by dividing the existing Hamilton and Ross counties. |
 | | Butler was formed with 13 townships (which it still has): Fairfield, Liberty, Lemon, St. Clair, Ross, Wayne, Milford, Reily, Madison, Morgan, Oxford, Hanover and Union (now West Chester). |
 | | Butler was named for General Richard Butler, another hero of the American Revolution who died at St. Clair's Defeat, near present-day Fort Recovery in Mercer County in 1791. |
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