Büttikon, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Büttikon, Aargau, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Büttikon is in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located between two ridges that come off the Lindenberg. It includes the linear village of Büttikon.

Büttikon (as of 2006) has an area of 2.8 km² (1.1 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 56.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 33.6% - forested
 * 9.9% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 924, Büttikon was first mentioned by the name of Putinchova.

The population history of Büttikon is: 1850 - 273 inhabitants 1900 - 254 inhabitants 1950 - 316 inhabitants 1960 - 314 inhabitants 1990 - 618 inhabitants 2000 - 656 inhabitants 2020 - 1,061 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 58.5% were Roman Catholic
 * 24.4% were Swiss Reformed Church

The inhabitants were church members belonging to Villmergen. A chapel is attested in 1366/67. The current church dates from 1695.

Church Records
Büttikon belongs to the parish of Villmergen. See Villmergen for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Büttikon:
 * 1837 (images 673-679)
 * 1850: Form A (images 369-375)
 * 1850: Form B (image 376)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Büttikon prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Central Swiss Society for Family History (ZGF)