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Butler Township was organized in 1883, and named for Stephen Butler, a county official.

Between 1900 and 1910, the township's population exploded more than five-fold with a large influx of immigrants and other arrivals, with an increase in population from 260 in 1900 to 1,439 in 1910.

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