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Butler

Butler County, created by the first session Alabama legislature in December 1819, is the the birthplace of the legendary country music star Hank Williams Sr. His boyhood home in Georgiana is now a museum and the site of an annual festival in his honor. The county seat, Greenville, is known as Camellia City and boasts several historic structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Greenville Railroad Depot has displays on the rail and economic history of the town.

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Greenville Railroad Depot

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Hank Williams, Sr. Boyhood Home and Museum in Georgiana

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Ritz Theatre in Greenville

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