Editing Butler, Georgia (section)

==History==
The [[Central of Georgia Railway]] was built through the present area of Butler about 1850.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA221 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | accessdate=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=221| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> The line is currently owned by [[Norfolk Southern]] and hosts three to four trains per day.

Butler was incorporated on February 8, 1854, but the charter was not received until 1870. Taylor County was carved from the [[Muscogee|Creek Indian]] territory which had in earlier years become the counties of Marion, Talbot, and Macon.

The chosen location of Butler was known as the "Fifty Mile Station" on the railroad because it was the geographical center of the railroad between [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] and [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Each town is approximately {{convert|50|mi|km|0}} in either direction of Butler.

The city of Butler, Georgia, was named for [[William Orlando Butler|General William Orlando Butler]], a distinguished soldier of the [[Mexican–American War]] and a candidate for [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] on the ticket with [[Lewis Cass|General Lewis Cass]] of [[Michigan]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=29 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

In late 2016, a 1070-acre 103 megawatt solar panel facility was completed. The Butler Solar Facility is owned by [[First Solar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.powermag.com/largest-solar-plant-in-southeast-will-be-built-in-georgia/|title = Largest Solar Plant in Southeast Will be Built in Georgia|date = 22 February 2018}}</ref>