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ONLINE DATA

Census

Cemeteries

Court Records

History

Obituaries

Marriages

Military

Photos

Newspapers

Biographies

Township History

 Village History

History

Biographies

Butler County Biographies - Aaron Lynn and the Lynn Family NEW!!

Court Records

Land Deeds and Transfers

Newspapers

 Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles

Boroughs, Cities and Villages

Cherry Valley - incorporated as a borough in 1909.  

Connoquenessing - settle in 1795 and incorporated in 1848.

Eau Claire - Settled in 1848 and incorporated in 1900.

Evans City - settled 1830 and incorporated 1882.

Fairview - settled 1830 and incorporated 1867.

Harmony - settled 1804 and incorporated 1838.

Harrisville - settled in 1826 and incorporated in 1846.

Karns City - settled in 1874 and incorporated 1875.

Mars - settled in 1873 and incorporated in 1882

Petrolia - settled in 1872 and incorporated in 1873

Portersville - settled in 1826 and incorporated in 1844.

 Saxonburg - settled in 1832 and incorporated in 1846.

Prospect

 The Old Home Week Book  (History of the Village of Prospect, PA - Transcribed and Donated by Robert A. Stumpf)

Seven Fields

Slippery Rock   It is also known as "Slimy Pebble." The town of Slippery Rock was formerly called Centreville, but it was changed in the early 1890s because George Washington's troops slipped in the creek attempting to capture the local Indians.

West Liberty - settled in 1829 and incorporated in 1903.

West Sunbury - settled in 1828 and incorporated in 1866.

Zelienople - settled in 1802 and incorporated in 1840.

 Valencia - Settled in 1897.

Census Designated Places

Fernway Fox Run Homeacre-Lyndora Meadowood
Meridian Nixon Oak Hills Shanor-Northvue

Unincorporated Communities

Townships

History of Butler Co., PA

R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895