Editing Greenville, Alabama (section)

==History==
Greenville was first settled in 1819. Its original name was Buttsville,<ref>{{Cite web| title = Alabama Counties: Butler County| publisher = Alabama Department of Archives and History| url = http://www.archives.state.al.us/counties/butler.html| access-date = January 7, 2010| archive-date = January 12, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070112172245/http://www.archives.state.al.us/counties/butler.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> but after becoming the county seat in 1822, its name was changed to Greenville, in remembrance of the [[Greenville, South Carolina|former locale]] in South Carolina of many of the original settlers.<ref>{{Cite web| title = History| publisher = City of Greenville, Alabama| url = http://www.greenville-alabama.com/Default.asp?ID=5| access-date = January 7, 2010| archive-date = July 11, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110711125728/http://www.greenville-alabama.com/Default.asp?ID=5| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n143 144]}}</ref> The first county seat was at [[Fort Dale]], a fortification that was named for Sam Dale, who fought to defend the area during the [[Creek War]]. The site of Fort Dale lies on the north of the city near the Fort Dale Cemetery, along what is now Alabama Highway 185.

The namesake of the county, [[William Butler (militiaman)|Captain William Butler]], was killed during the Creek War. He is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery, which is across from the oldest church in Butler County, the First [[United Methodist Church]] of Greenville.

During World War II, a satellite camp for German [[prisoner of war|prisoners]] was based in Greenville.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|last= Hutchinson| first= Daniel | title = World War II POW Camps in Alabama| encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Alabama| date = October 6, 2009 | url = http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1304 | access-date =January 7, 2010 }}</ref>