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The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 122 newspaper titles published in Butler County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 2 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 94 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Hamilton, Oxford, Trenton.
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Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.
Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.
Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Butler. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.
“VOL XVIII No With the pUssing of another year the organized labor movement in Hamilton is again in readiness to cele brate Labor Day On next Monday the twentysixth annual celebration and outing under…”
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“VOL lm No That Liberty Loan Button Dont toss aside your Fourth Lib erty Loan button as worthless It is far from being that Intrinsically it isnt valuable at all You probably couldnt trade it in on…”
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“VOL XIX No Itri Hamilton will do homage to organ ized labor next Monday morning as it files through the streets or more strong to the music of many bands and drum corps The big Labor Day celebration…”
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“JVOL XX No to ix Lt UUU president CoOporative Trades and Labor Council All readylets go When this command is given on next Monday morning by Grand Marshal Aaron Eggleston the largest parade of…”
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“Monday is Labor Day labors great day It is the one day in the year when all who toil lay down their tools for one big day of celebration And the committee in charge of the ar rangements for local…”
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“WZiW If fc VOL XXIII No Mu By International Labor News Service Los Angeles CalP Zeehande laar secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of this city has broken loose again Zeehandelaar…”
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Front pages from Butler papers published on November 5 in past years. Refreshed when the site data is rebuilt (weekly now; could be daily).
“VOL XX No SHOPPERS Defied By Gompers in Ring ing Challenge WashingtonBring forth what treachery your cunning and your jrred may devise is President Gom pers defy to the chamber of com merce of the…”
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57 of 94 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.
| Property | City | Listed |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Dr. William S., House | Oxford | 1987 |
| Anderson-Shaffer House | Hamilton | 1974 |
| Augspurger Grist Mill | Woodsdale | 1984 |
| Augspurger Paper Company Rowhouse #1 | Woodsdale | 1984 |
| Augspurger Paper Company Rowhouse #2 | Woodsdale | 1984 |
| Augspurger Schoolhouse | Woodsdale | 1984 |
| Augspurger, Frederick, Farm | Trenton | 1984 |
| Augspurger, John, Farm No. 1 | Trenton | 1984 |
| Augspurger, John, Farm No. 2 | Trenton | 1984 |
| Augspurger, Samuel, Farm | Trenton | 1984 |
| Augspurger, Samuel, House | Woodsdale | 1984 |
| Austin-Magie Farm and Mill District | Oxford | 1982 |
| Beckett-Manrod House | Hamilton | 1977 |
| Benninghofen House | Hamilton | 1973 |
| Big Four Depot | Middletown | 2013 |
| Butler County Courthouse | Hamilton | 1981 |
| Central Avenue Historic District | Middletown | 2014 |
| Champion Coated Paper Company | Hamilton | 2019 |
| Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad Station | Hamilton | 2024 |
| Cochran Farm | Millville | 1973 |
| Dayton-Campbell Historic District | Hamilton | 1983 |
| Demoret Mound | Ross | 1975 |
| Deuscher, Henry P., House | Trenton | 1984 |
| Dewitt, Zachariah Price, Cabin | Oxford | 1973 |
| Dixon-Globe Opera House-Robinson-Schwenn Building | Hamilton | 2000 |
| Edgeton | Hamilton | 1975 |
| Ehresman, Christian, Farm | Trenton | 1984 |
| Elliott and Stoddard Halls, Miami University | Oxford | 1973 |
| Fairfield Township Works I | Hamilton | 1971 |
| Fitz Randolph-Rogers House | Hamilton | 1978 |
| Fortified Hill Works | Hamilton | 1974 |
| Garver-Rentschler Barn | Hamilton | 1980 |
| German Village Historic District | Hamilton | 1991 |
| Great Mound | Middletown | 1971 |
| Greenwood Cemetery | Hamilton | 1994 |
| Hamilton Catholic High School | Hamilton | 1986 |
| Hamilton Downtown Historic District | Hamilton | 2016 |
| Hamilton Historic Civic Center | Hamilton | 1995 |
| Harding-Jones Paper Company District | Excello | 1975 |
| Herron Gymnasium | Oxford | 1979 |
| Hidley, James P., Cottage | Reily | 1980 |
| High Street Commercial Block | Hamilton | 2004 |
| High Street Commercial Block (Boundary Increase) | Hamilton | 2014 |
| Hogan-Borger Mound Archeological District | Ross | 1975 |
| Hotel Manchester | Middletown | 2014 |
| Howe Tavern | College Corner | 1976 |
| Howell and Anna Powell Farm | Fairfield | 2019 |
| Hueston, Matthew, House | Hamilton | 1977 |
| Hughes Manor | Middletown | 1994 |
| Hughes School | Hamilton | 1976 |
| Hunting Lodge Farm | Oxford | 1982 |
| Iutzi, Christian, Farm | Trenton | 1984 |
| Kennel, John Sr., Farm | Trenton | 1984 |
| Kennel, John, Jr., Farm | Trenton | 1984 |
| Kumler, Elias, House | Oxford | 1980 |
| Lane's Mill Historic Buildings | Oxford | 1980 |
| Lane-Hooven House | Hamilton | 1973 |
| Langstroth Cottage NHL | Oxford | 1976 |
| Main Street Commercial Historic District | Middletown | 2014 |
| Maltby, Henry, House | Oxford | 1979 |
| Mann Mound | Jacksonburg | 1971 |
| McGuffey, William H., House NHL | Oxford | 1966 |
| Miami-Erie Canal Site Historic District | West Chester | 1978 |
| Mill Office and Post Office | Woodsdale | 1984 |
| Morgan Township House | Okeana | 2016 |
| Morgan-Hueston House | Fairfield | 1990 |
| Notre Dame Academy and Notre Dame High School | Hamilton | 2001 |
| Oakland Residential Historic District | Middletown | 2023 |
| Oxford Female Institute | Oxford | 1976 |
| Oxford Railroad Depot and Junction House | Oxford | 1980 |
| Pugh's Mill Covered Bridge | Oxford | 1975 |
| Rentschler House | Hamilton | 1983 |
| Roberts Mound | Auburn | 1975 |
| Rose, D. S., Mound | Huntsville | 1975 |
| Ross Trails Adena Circle | Ross | 1975 |
| Rossville Historic District | Hamilton | 1975 |
| Schrock, Peter, Jr., Farm | Trenton | 1984 |
| Scott, John, Barn and Granary | Shandon | 2005 |
| Shaw Farm | Ross | 1974 |
| Shuler & Benninghofen Woolen Mill | Hamilton | 2023 |
| Sigma Aplpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University | Oxford | 2005 |
| Snider, Dan F., Ford Dealership Building | Middletown | 2014 |
| South Main Street District | Middletown | 1978 |
| Spread Eagle Tavern-Conrey, James D., House | Cincinnati | 2003 |
| St. Stephen Church and Rectory | Hamilton | 1982 |
| Symmes Mission Chapel | Fairfield | 1980 |
| Thomas Select School | Shandon | 1977 |
| Tytus, John B., House NHL | Middletown | 1975 |
| Union Township Works II | Pisgah | 1971 |
| Unzicker-Cook House | Oxford | 1974 |
| Vaughan, John, House | Shandon | 1975 |
| Voice of America Bethany Relay Station | West Chester | 2006 |
| Western Female Seminary | Oxford | 1979 |
| Williamson Mound Archeological District | Maud | 1975 |
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.
Butler was formed in 1803 (1803-05-01) from Hamilton.
BUTLER created from HAMILTON.
Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Butler County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).
| 1810 | 1820 | 1840 | 1860 | 1880 | 1900 | 1920 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,150 | 21,746 | 28,173 | 35,840 | 42,579 | 56,870 | 87,025 | 120,249 | 147,203 | 199,076 | 258,787 | 332,807 | 390,357 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
63 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
| Name |
|---|
| Amanda Cemetery |
| Astoria Cemetery |
| Augspurger Cemetery |
| Augspurger Family Cemetery |
| Baptist Cemetery |
| Bethel Cemetery |
| Brookside Cemetery |
| Burk Cemetery |
| Butler County Memorial Garden |
| Butterfield Cemetery |
| Calvary Cemetery |
| Chapel Cemetery |
| Chapel Cemetery |
| Clawson Cemetery |
| Collinsville Cemetery |
| Cotton Run Cemetery |
| Elk Creek Cemetery |
| Fairfield Trustees Cemetery |
| Fenton Cemetery |
| Flankinstein Cemetery |
| Greenwood Cemetery |
| Hamilton Cemetery |
| Hickory Flats Cemetery |
| Holy Name Cemetery |
| Indian Creek Baptist Cemetery |
| Jacksonburg Cemetery |
| Jacksonburg Cemetery |
| Kennard Cemetery |
| Macedonia Cemetery |
| Mathew-Smith Cemetery |
| Middletown Cemetery |
| Milford Cemetery |
| Millville Cemetery |
| Miltonville Cemetery |
| Monroe Cemetery |
| Mound Cemetery |
| Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Mount Pleasant Cemetery |
| New London Cemetery |
| North Monroe Cemetery |
| Old Jacksonburg Cemetery |
| Oxford Cemetery |
| Reily Cemetery |
| Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Ross Township Cemetery |
| Saint Charles Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Cemetery |
| Saint Mary Cemetery |
| Saint Stephens Cemetery |
| Samuel's Lutheran Cemetery |
| Scipio Union Cemetery |
| Scott Cemetery |
| Shafer Farm Cemetery |
| Shandon Cemetery |
| Smalley Cemetery |
| Somerville Cemetery |
| Spring Hill Cemetery |
| Springdale Cemetery |
| Stockton Cemetery |
| Trenton Mennonite Cemetery |
| Venice Cemetery |
| Walker Chapel Cemetery |
| Woodside Cemetery and Arboretum |
| Name |
|---|
| Athlone |
| Hanover |
| Ixworth |
| Jones |
| McDonald |
| Millikin |
| Ogleton |
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
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