If you: 1  are in receipt of a campaign badge for service during a war or in a campaign or expedition; OR. 2  are a disabled veteran, OR. 3  are in receipt of an Armed forces Service Medal for participation in a military operation, OR.  are a recently separated veteran (within the last 3 years), AND.
After five years in development, Butler University opened on November 1, 1855, as North Western Christian University at 13th Street and College Avenue on Indianapolis' near north-side at the eastern edge of the present Old Northside Historic District.
For the county in southeastern Missouri, see Butler County, Missouri. Butler is a city in Bates County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,219 at the 2010 census. The county seat of Bates County, the city is named for William Orlando Butler, a noted American military and political figure of the early and mid-19th century. It is located approximately fifty miles south of Kansas City, Missouri on U.S. Route 71-Interstate 49.