Butlerville, Indiana
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Butlerville is an
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and
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(CDP) in central Campbell Township, Jennings County,
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,
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. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 282.


History

The Butlerville post office was established in 1851. An early settler being a former resident of
Butlerville, Ohio Butlerville is a village in central Harlan Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States, located in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 155 at the 2020 census. The village is in the Little Miami Local School District. Tele ...
, caused the name to be selected. Butlerville was legally
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ted in 1853.
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, mother of
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, was born near Butlerville. The community was home to Butlerville High School, home of the Bulldogs; which graduated classes from ~1910 thru 1950. Today, the community is serviced by Jennings County High School.


Geography

Butlerville lies along
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, east-northeast of the town of Vernon, the
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of Jennings County. Although Butlerville is unincorporated, it has a
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, with the ZIP code of 47223.Zip Code Lookup
/ref> The community is bordered to the west by Southeast Purdue Agricultural Center.


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Amos Butler sterilized prisoners and the handicapped at nearby mental hospital.
Census-designated places in Jennings County, Indiana Census-designated places in Indiana {{JenningsCountyIN-geo-stub