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It was first settled in 1803 by John and Samuel Cunningham and incorporated as a borough in 1817 before becoming a city in 1918. Initially settled by Irish and Scottish immigrants, Butler saw a significant influx of German settlers in the early 19th century.
City of Butler company history timeline. 1800. Butler County, Pennsylvania, was created on March 12, 1800, from a portion of Allegheny County. 1803. The county seat, the Borough of Butler, was laid out in 1803, and on April 2, 1803, the county was formally organized for judicial purposes. 1854.
Brief History. For more than 200 years, Butler has been home to industry, family owned businesses and marking its place in history. Butler County has been an industrial center since the early 1800’s to the birthplace of the Bantam Jeep in 1941.
In 1903, Butler became a “City” and installed a public sewer system. By 1910, the community was paving streets. The small city experienced gradual growth, paving streets and providing public utility service for lights, water, and sidewalks to its residents.
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Conveniently close to the city of Pittsburgh and its world-class education medicine, arts and sports, Butler truly provides residents with metropolitan living and small town convenience. The City of Butler owns a 1909 Huselton and a 1941 Bantam Jeep built in Butler, PA.
Butler was named for Maj. Gen. Richard Butler, who died at the Battle of the Wabash, in western Ohio in 1791. In 1803 John and Samuel Cunningham became the first settlers in the village of Butler. The first settlers were of Irish or Scottish descent and were driving westward from Connecticut.
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John C. Kennett was the first to settle on the site that became Butler, starting a mercantile store, stocked primarily with whiskey and tobacco that he sold to the "Forty-niners" heading west to California.
