Butler is a village in Montgomery County, Illinois, home to about 194 people across 0.6 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 62015.
Mostly Litchfield; part is in Butler
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)55 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI)44 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO55 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL206 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Butler; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Butler had 164 residents in the 2020 census, down 17% since 2000.
It’s the 1217th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Montgomery County grew from 30,836 residents in 1900 to 28,288 in 2020.
Montgomery County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 89°F in summer, and winter lows average 21°F. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hillsboro, IL weather station (4 miles away).
7,538 jobs at 676 businesses in Montgomery County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Pharmacies
Libraries
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Litchfield.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.