The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusButler is a town in Custer County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 208 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 287 at the 2010 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 287 to 208 (-28%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Butler yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Butler, decade by decade
Before
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2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Butler is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Butler has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dorroh-Trent House in Hammon, 10.7 miles away.
Butler and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Dorroh-Trent House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Butler?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Butler’s story, or a memory of it.
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