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History · Butlerville

Butlerville’s post office opened in 1851

Most of Butlerville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1961. Below: maps from 1957 on.

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How Butlerville began

When was Butlerville founded?

1851

The Butlerville post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 300175 years
Founding year: the first Butlerville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Butlerville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Butlerville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Butlerville’s homes were built before 1961.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Butlerville’s history is told.

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The story

How Butlerville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Butlerville.

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The Butlerville post office was established in 1851. An early settler being a former resident of Butlerville, Ohio, caused the name to be selected. Butlerville was legally platted in 1853.

Hannah Milhous Nixon, mother of President Richard Nixon, was born near Butlerville.

The community was home to Butlerville High School, home of the Bulldogs; which graduated classes from ~1910 thru 1950. Today, the community is serviced by Jennings County High School.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Butlerville, decade by decade

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On the map

Butlerville on the map in 1957

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Butlerville.

Butlerville on the 1957 USGS map1957Butlerville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Butlerville.

Famous people

Famous people close to Butlerville

Nobody well known was born in Butlerville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Pat O'ConnorRacecar driver · b. 1928
Edgar WhitcombAmerican politician · b. 1917
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Jessamyn WestAmerican author · b. 1902
Ronald G. DouglasAmerican mathematician · b. 1938
Lincoln DixonAmerican politician · b. 1860
Grover HartleyAmerican baseball player · b. 1888

Questions about Butlerville’s history

What year was Butlerville founded?

The Butlerville post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.