The Butler County Alabama map places Greenville on the county’s main north-south corridor, with Georgiana and McKenzie anchoring the southern part of the county. Reading those labels together with I-65, U.S. 31, and the county boundary gives a much more accurate picture of local geography than treating Butler County as a single undifferentiated rural area.
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- Map file: Butler County reference map
- File format: JPG
- Coverage: County boundary and selected place labels
Quick Facts
| State | Alabama |
|---|---|
| County | Butler County |
| County seat | Greenville |
| 2025 population estimate | 18,100 |
| 2020 land area | 776.84 sq mi |
| Main corridors | I-65, U.S. 31, AL 10, AL 106 |
| File format | JPG |
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates 18,100 residents as of July 1, 2025, compared with 19,051 counted in 2020. With 776.84 square miles of land and a 2020 density of 24.5 people per square mile, Butler County is spatially dispersed. That low density is why road corridors and community spacing matter more here than a dense street network.
What the Map Shows
Greenville sits in the north-central part of the county and serves as the county seat. Interstate 65 and U.S. 31 pass through this central corridor, while Alabama 10 crosses east-west at Greenville. Those routes make the city the strongest orientation point for reading the rest of Butler County.
Georgiana lies well south of Greenville along the U.S. 31 corridor and near Alabama 106. McKenzie occupies the southeastern side of the county, close to the Covington and Conecuh county directions. The two southern towns therefore mark different branches of travel rather than a single compact settlement cluster.
ALDOT’s April 2026 functional-classification map adds a much denser layer of local names: Forest Home, Fort Dale, Honoraville, Bolling, Chapman, Garland, Oaky Streak, Pigeon Creek, and others. Even when those names are absent from a simplified county graphic, they establish that the spaces between the three principal labels contain numerous rural communities and local-road networks.
County Layout and Location
Butler County borders Lowndes County on the north, Crenshaw County on the east, Covington County to the southeast, Conecuh County to the southwest, Monroe County on the west, and Wilcox County to the northwest. These six neighbors place the county between the Montgomery–Mobile interstate corridor and a set of east-west routes serving south-central Alabama.
I-65 cuts across the county on a northeast-to-southwest line. U.S. 31 runs on a broadly similar axis but connects directly through local communities. Alabama 10 crosses the Greenville area, while Alabama 106 forms an important east-west route through the Georgiana area farther south. This combination creates two different road frameworks: a faster interstate spine and a slower network that ties towns and rural places together.
Greenville’s position is therefore more than a county-seat label. It is where the strongest north-south and east-west routes converge. Georgiana marks a second junction farther south, and McKenzie indicates the southeastern edge of the county’s settled network. Using those three points makes the county boundary much easier to interpret in relation to actual movement.
Local Context
Butler County was created on December 13, 1819, one day before Alabama entered the Union. Greenville’s official history notes that settlers from Georgia and the Carolinas reached the area by the Federal Road, an early overland route that carried migration through southern Alabama.
The settlement first known as Butlerville became Greenville when it was chosen as the county seat in 1822. Courthouse functions, stores, schools, churches, roads, and later rail service concentrated activity there. The modern I-65 corridor follows the same broad Montgomery-to-Mobile travel direction that made this part of the county significant during the Federal Road era.
Water geography is less visually dominant than the highway network, but it still divides the landscape. The Sepulga River watershed covers part of Butler County within Alabama’s Coastal Plain and ultimately feeds the Conecuh River system. USGS locality records place Persimmon Creek east of Greenville and identify Pigeon Creek and Panther Creek around the Georgiana area as part of the Sepulga drainage.
That drainage pattern matters when moving from a general county map to more detailed topographic or environmental work. Butler County has no Gulf shoreline and no single large lake defining its identity; instead, numerous creeks cross a broad inland landscape before feeding larger river systems farther south.
Ways to Use This Map
For statewide orientation, locate Butler County between Montgomery and the Gulf Coast region, then use Greenville as the first internal reference point. From Greenville, Georgiana lies south along U.S. 31, while McKenzie sits farther southeast. That sequence quickly establishes the county’s basic spatial hierarchy.
For a transportation-focused project, compare I-65 with U.S. 31 and then add Alabama 10 and 106. For local-history work, compare the same corridor with the Federal Road story. For physical geography, pair the county boundary with Sepulga-basin streams. Each approach extracts a different layer from the same geographic framework without repeating the same description.
- Compare Greenville, Georgiana, and McKenzie’s positions within the county.
- Trace the I-65 and U.S. 31 north-south corridor.
- Use AL 10 and AL 106 to distinguish the central and southern east-west routes.
- Pair the map with detailed road or watershed data when studying rural communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the map show every city and community?
No. The label set is intentionally selective. ALDOT’s county mapping identifies many additional places—including Forest Home, Fort Dale, Bolling, Chapman, Garland, and Oaky Streak—so detailed community research should be cross-checked against a road map or GIS layer.
Can the map be printed?
The JPG can be printed through ordinary image or document software. Before choosing a large paper size, compare the source image dimensions with the intended print dimensions so that place labels and boundary lines remain legible.
What does the download include?
The button opens one JPG copy of the Butler County graphic used in the article. Saving that file directly avoids browser interface elements and gives you a cleaner source for document placement or offline storage.
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Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
- The Encyclopedia of Alabama county article
- City of Greenville history page
- Alabama Department of Transportation Butler County functional-classification map
- Outdoor Alabama: Sepulga River
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