Poplar Bluff, Missouri Poplar Bluff, Missouri Location of Poplar Bluff, Missouri Location of Poplar Bluff, Missouri Poplar Bluff is a small town/city in Butler County in Southeast Missouri in the United States.
The Poplar Bluff Micropolitan Travel Destination consists of all of Butler County.
Poplar Bluff is positioned at 36 45 25 N 90 23 34 W (36.756944, 90.392778), along the Black River.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.98 square miles (33.62 km2), of which, 12.91 square miles (33.44 km2) is territory and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km2) is water. Poplar Bluff takes its name from a bluff that overlooks Black River.
When first settled, the bluff was veiled with tulip poplar trees.
The Butler County Courthouse and the offices of the city's Daily American Republic journal sit on this site.
Poplar Bluff lies along an escarpment separating the Ozark Foothills from the Mississippi embayment in Southeast Missouri.
Francis River are 40 miles apart with Poplar Bluff positioned in the center on the Black River.
The French were the first Europeans to assert any territorial rights over the Poplar Bluff area.
During this time the region of Poplar Bluff, as well as all of Butler County, held almost no European settlements until 1819, when the first white settler family moved into the Poplar Bluff area.
The earliest permanent settlements in what is now Butler County occurred in the early 19th century along the Natchitoches Trail, an old Native American Trail west of what is now Poplar Bluff on Ten Mile Creek and Cane Creek.
Butler County was organized in 1849 and Poplar Bluff was chosen as the county seat.
On February 9, 1870, Poplar Bluff was incorporated.
The Ward Plantation was established as the biggest and longest slave plantation in the State of Missouri, established by Ephraim Ward in 1829 and continued until the end of the civil war in 1865.
Ward, who in 1986 gifted the home and property to the state and town so it could be converted to a exhibition highlighting all primary affairs in Poplar Bluff. The Butler County Courthouse, Cynthia-Kinzer Historic District, Alfred W.
Herbert Moore House, Thomas Moore House, Moore-Dalton House, North Main Street Historic District, John Archibald Phillips House, Poplar Bluff Commercial Historic District, Poplar Bluff Public Library, Rodgers Theatre Building, South Sixth Street Historic District, St.
Louis-San Francisco Railroad Depot, Wheatley Public School, Williams-Gierth House, Williamson-Kennedy School, Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Department Store Building, and Zehe Building are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As of the census of 2010, there were 17,023 citizens , 7,181 homeholds, and 4,154 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 84.79% White, 9.97% Black or African American, 0.53% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 0.06% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.90% from other competitions, and 2.84% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,181 homeholds of which 30.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 35.1% were married couples living together, 17.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.2% were non-families.
24.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.6% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 18.2% were 65 years of age or older.
Census, there were 16,651 citizens , 7,077 homeholds, and 4,295 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 87.04% Caucasian, 9.71% African American, 0.55% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.48% from other competitions, and 1.71% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town/city hall of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
The tallest buildings in Poplar Bluff, Missouri; Wilson and Hillcrest Towers Poplar Bluff operates under the Council Manager form of government.
The town/city manager appoints heads of various town/city departments and agencies including Airport Director, Art Museum Director, Black River Coliseum Director, Finance, Personnel, Collections Director, Fire Department Chief, City Planner, Police Chief, and Street Superintendent. List of Poplar Bluff mayors The Poplar Bluff R-1 School District serves the educational needs of most of the inhabitants of Poplar Bluff and the encircling area.
There are seven elementary schools, one junior high and one senior high school in the school district. During the 2008 2009 school year, there were 4,934 students and 374 certified staff members enrolled in the Poplar Bluff R-1 School District.
Poplar Bluff Early Childhood Center Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Center Poplar Bluff Middle School Poplar Bluff Junior High School Poplar Bluff Senior High School Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center Three Rivers Community College is positioned in Poplar Bluff and provides college courses along with longterm position and technical programs.
Historic maps of Poplar Bluff in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri "National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Missouri Population 1900 1990" (CSV).
"Missouri School District Directory: Poplar Bluff R-I".
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Poplar Bluff.
Old images by Poplar Bluff Poplar Bluff Historical Preservation Commission The Poplar Bluff R-1 School District Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport Historic Maps of Poplar Bluff in the Sanborn Maps Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Missouri, United States
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