<page_title> List of counties in Ohio </page_title> <section_title> List of counties </section_title> <table> <cell> Butler County <col_header> County </col_header> <col_header> Adams County </col_header> <col_header> Allen County </col_header> <col_header> Ashland County </col_header> <col_header> Ashtabula County </col_header> <col_header> Athens County </col_header> <col_header> Auglaize County </col_header> <col_header> Belmont County </col_header> <col_header> Brown County </col_header> </cell> <cell> General Richard Butler (1743–1791), killed at the Battle of the Wabash <col_header> Etymology </col_header> <row_header> Butler County </row_header> </cell> </table>
Butler County was named after General Richard Butler, who died in 1791.