Editing Butts County, Georgia (section)

== Media ==
Butts County has one radio station: [[WJGA]] FM 92.1 and one local newspaper, the ''Jackson Progress-Argus''.
The county has gained attention in recent years as being a frequent backdrop for a number of movies and television shows. Most recently, the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]]'' made the Butts County city of [[Jackson, Georgia]] the backdrop of the show's fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, turning the downtown area into a 1980s Indiana small town.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} In addition to the many buildings of the downtown that are visible in various scenes, the exterior of the Butts County Courthouse is featured, standing in for the Hawkins library.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://deepsouthmag.com/2016/07/28/georgia-locations-for-netflixs-stranger-things/ |title=Georgia Locations for Netflix's 'Stranger Things' |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=July 28, 2016 |website=Deep South Magazine |publisher=Deep South Media |access-date=January 1, 2017 |quote=Georgia’s small towns outside of Atlanta, including Douglasville, Conyers, Jackson, Winston and Fayetteville, easily pass for the Midwest, and Jackson’s intact downtown isn’t a far stretch from 1983 Hawkins on film.}}</ref>

The fact that Butts County serves as the filming location for key events in the show has already led fans there after just two seasons. Other shows which have filmed in the area include [[The Originals (TV series)|''The Originals'']], a television show, and a recent remake of [[Endless Love (2014 American film)|''Endless Love'']] by [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]. Beginning October 18, 2024, Butts County Sheriff's Office began being featured in the Reelz live television program "On Patrol: Live."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://livepd.org/seasons/on-patrol-live-season-3/ |title=On Patrol: Live - Season 3 - Departments |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=LivePD.org|publisher=livepd.org |access-date=November 9, 2024}}</ref>