Butler County, Iowa Land Records
Butler County, Iowa Land Records
Butler County, Iowa Land Records
Butler County, Iowa is located in North Central Iowa covering 580 square miles. Farmland is a large attribute to the income of Butler County. There are 1,160 farms on 345,500 farmland acres. The farmland is well maintained and suitable for the production of corn, soybeans, forages, hogs, beef cattle, and dairy. In 2012, Butler County, Iowa brought a total of $197,259,000 in crop sales making up 55% of the agricultural market. On the other hand livestock brought $160,955,000 in sales making up 45% of the agricultural market.Value of farmland by the acre is around $8,000 per acre. Rent for farmland in Butler County comes to around $300 per acre. In addition, improved pasture can be rented for $68 per acre region 2 average. While unimproved pasture can be rented for $48 per acre region 2 average.
Butler County, Iowa Land Records CSR
Butler County, Iowa Land average CSR is 72.2 weighted average, 79 cropland average, 81 CSR2 cropland average. Rent per CSR point is $3.40 per CSR2. The government paid out $9,333,000 in total to farms in Butler County. The average farm received payments totaling $10,487 with the average size of a farm being 331 acres.
History On Butler County, Iowa Land Records
Butler County was formed on January 15, 1851 and named after Kentucky native William Orlando Butler. William was a general and hero of the Mexican-American War, who ran as Vice President of the United States in 1848. The first court proceedings were conducted in a small log cabin. In 1858 the first courthouse was built in Clarksville. The courthouse was later used for a schoolhouse from 1863 until 1903. There are currently 20+ land sales being conducted in Butler County, Iowa.
