Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Poplar Bluff came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Poplar Bluff in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Poplar Bluff. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Poplar Bluff data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Poplar Bluff:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Poplar Bluff was listed as Poplar Bluff Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Missouri (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Missouri (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Poplar Bluff is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Poplar Bluff in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Poplar Bluff for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Poplar Bluff. See our Misc Page for Poplar Bluff for more information.