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The history of the Banner dates back to 1885, [3] when the first-ever edition of its predecessor, the Green River Republican.It was the sole newspaper covering the Butler County area for about 97 years until November 1982, when Roger and Deborah Givens established the Butler County Banner as a weekly newspaper, [4] making Butler County one of the 36 counties in Kentucky served locally by two ...
Butler County is a county located in the US state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 12,371. [1] Its county seat is Morgantown. [2] The county was formed in 1810, becoming Kentucky's 53rd county. [3] Butler County is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Morgantown is located near the center of Butler County at (37.219465, -86.692513 It is situated on the top of a bluff on the west side of the Green River.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.3 km 2), of which 0.012 square miles (0.03 km 2), or 0.49%, is water.
The Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in front of the Butler County Courthouse in Morgantown, Kentucky, was built in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War, which helped alleviate the bitterness both sides felt toward the other when it was dedicated to the sacrifice of veterans of both sides of the Civil War.
July 17, 1997 (1 block north of the junction of U.S. Route 231 and KY 403: Morgantown: 7: DeWeese Shell Mound (15BT6) April 1, 1986 (Eastern bank of the Green River in Horseshoe Bend, west of Taylor Lake [5
The United States District Court for the District of Kentucky was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [1] [2] At the time, Kentucky was not yet a state, but was within the territory of the state of Virginia. The District was unchanged when Kentucky became a state on June 1 ...
A small portion of the western boundary of the city is formed by the Mud River, which is also the boundary with Muhlenberg County. Kentucky Route 70 (Rochester Road) passes through the city, leading east 14 miles (23 km) to Morgantown , the Butler County seat, and west 10 miles (16 km) to Drakesboro .
People from Morgantown, Kentucky (8 P) Pages in category "People from Butler County, Kentucky" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.