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Do you know of Butler ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Butler. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Butler.

Our sources for Butler (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Butler other than they indicate that Butler would be found somewhere in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1848 and closed  in 1903.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Butler ...

We found 42 communities that share the name Butler.

There is one other community in Wisconsin which is also named Butler.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 40 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
    • Waukesha County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Butler [Waukesha County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Choctaw County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Butler [Choctaw County].
    • Arizona
      • Mohave County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Butler [Mohave County].
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Butler [Mississippi County].
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Butler [Fresno County].
      • Los Angeles County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Butler [Los Angeles County].
    • Colorado
      • Larimer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Butler [Larimer County].
    • Florida
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Butler [Jackson County].
    • Georgia
      • Taylor County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Butler [Taylor County].
    • Illinois
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Butler [Montgomery County].
    • Indiana
      • DeKalb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Butler [DeKalb County].
    • Iowa
      • Keokuk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Butler [Keokuk County].
    • Kansas
      • Pottawatomie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Butler [Pottawatomie County].
    • Kentucky
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Butler [Franklin County].
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Butler [Logan County].
      • Pendleton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Butler [Pendleton County].
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Butler [De Soto Parish].
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Butler [Plaquemines Parish].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Butler.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Butler [Baltimore County].
    • Michigan
      • Branch County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Butler [Branch County].
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Butler [Otter Tail County].
    • Mississippi
      • Holmes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Butler [Holmes County].
      • Warren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Butler [Warren County].
    • Missouri
      • Bates County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Butler [Bates County].
      • Boone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Butler [Boone County].
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Butler [Lewis and Clark County].
    • Nebraska
      • Buffalo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Butler [Buffalo County].
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Butler [Morris County].
    • New York
      • Kings County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Butler [Kings County].
    • Ohio
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Butler [Richland County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Custer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Butler [Custer County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Butler.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Butler [Butler County].
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Butler [Potter County].
    • South Dakota
      • Day County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Butler [Day County].
    • Tennessee
      • Johnson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Butler [Johnson County].
    • Texas
      • Bastrop County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Butler [Bastrop County].
      • Freestone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Butler [Freestone County].
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Butler [Loudoun County].
    • Washington
      • Kitsap County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Butler [Kitsap County].
    • West Virginia
      • Mason County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Butler [Mason County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Butler ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Butler:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Butler - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Milwaukee County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Milwaukee County.

Bay ViewLindwerm
BeltonLower Fowler
Bradley 
BrookdaleMerrill Park
BuckhornMilwaukee
 Minerva
ChaseMuskeego
County Line 
 New Coeln
DallasNorth Greenfield
DillmanNorth Milwaukee
 North Shore
Fairview 
Five Mile HouseOak Creek
Fonda 
Fountain ParkParklawn
FranklinPaynesville
Fred JohnPowerton Spur
  
GibsonRawson
Good HopeRoot Creek
Granville CenterRoot River
Granville 
GreenfieldSilver Spring
 Stowell
Hampton 
HarborTen Mile House
HilltopTeutonia
HomewoodTuckaway
Howard's Prairie 
 Upper Fowler
Jones Island 
JuneauVillard
  
Lake CentreWattsville
LakeWauwatosa
LakeWestern
Layton ParkWiscona

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Butler could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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