Butler County

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Butler County, the fifty-third county in order of formation, is located in the Western Coal Field region of Kentucky. Although only a few skirmishes took place in Butler County, the Civil War slowed development and divided the citizenry. One of the first Union soldiers to be killed in western Kentucky was from Butler County. A stone monument on Big Hill, a short distance from Morgantown, marks the site where Granville Allen died in a skirmish on October 29, 1861. After the war, veterans from Confederate and Union forces joined to raise funds for a Civil War monument. The monument, dedicated on May 30, 1907, lists the names of Butler County citizens who fought in the war. It stands in front of the courthouse and is one of the few monuments in the state that honors both Confederate and Union soldiers.

Taking the past into the future -- In Butler County, they are proud of their history and of their future. They gladly show off the new state-of-the-art High School, the recently opened Middle School, and the North Butler Elementary School being built to open in 2005.
	Around the Courthouse, visitors will see monuments honoring the memory of those who served in the Civil War and a new monument to all wars subsequent wars.
Flowers and greenery abound around the Courthouse.
	Community history can be seen at Woodbury. When Lock 4 on the Green River failed in 1965, navigation ceased and the reason for the presence of the Corps of Engineers vanished with the swirling waters. Now, with help from the County and Butler County citizens, the former home of the Lockmaster is now a museum.
Community pride shows in the renovated bank building and the adjacent floral establishment.