{"id":5950,"date":"2023-07-18T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=5950"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:20:43","slug":"butler-county-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/butler-county-nebraska\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler County, Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"

Butler County is a county in Nebraska, United States, in the east-central part of the state. It had a population of 8,369 at the 2020 census and covers 590.8 square miles (1,530.2 km2) centred near 41\u00b014\u2032N 97\u00b008\u2032W.<\/p>\n

David City is the county seat, and its postal code is 68632. The county has one city, 11 villages and five unincorporated communities, plus the abandoned townsite of Savannah. Butler County observes Central time and carries FIPS code 31023.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Butler County<\/h2>\n

Seventeen named places are spread across Butler County: one city (David City, the seat), 11 incorporated villages and five unincorporated communities. None reach CDP status in Census Bureau data.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
David City<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n2,995<\/td>\n68632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abie<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bellwood<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n407<\/td>\n68624<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brainard<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n336<\/td>\n68626<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruno<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dwight<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n229<\/td>\n68635<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garrison<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linwood<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68036<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Octavia<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n107<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rising City<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n356<\/td>\n68658<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Surprise<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n68667<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ulysses<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n196<\/td>\n68669<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Appleton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edholm<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loma<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Millerton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nimburg<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Savannah, a onetime rail siding in the county’s north, no longer has any residents and survives only as a name on county maps.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n