Buttwil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Buttwil, 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 Buttwil is in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located on the eastern edge of the Lindenberg 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) west of Muri. It includes the village of Buttwil.

Buttwil (as of 2009) has an area of 4.52 km² (1.75 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 64.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 22.8% - forested
 * 12.4% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1160, Buttwil was first mentioned by the name of Butwile.

The population history of Buttwil is: 1850 - 551 inhabitants 1900 - 375 inhabitants 1950 - 342 inhabitants 1970 - 344 inhabitants 1980 - 593 inhabitants 1990 - 877 inhabitants 2000 - 1,105 inhabitants 2020 - 1,234 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 55.9% were Roman Catholic
 * 30.0% were Swiss Reformed Church

Buttwil is part of the parish of Muri. The chapel of St. James was constructed in 1666 and was a chapel of ease for the Muri parish.

Church Records
Buttwil belongs to the parish of Muri. See Muri for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Buttwil:
 * 1837 (images 448-456)
 * 1850: Form A (images 657-672)
 * 1850: Form B (image 673)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Buttwil 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)