Welcome to Poplar Bluff ...The city of Poplar Bluff is located in Butler County<1> and is the County Seat for Butler County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Poplar Bluff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850. A typical abbreviation for Poplar Bluff: Poplar Blf. (or less commonly used: Poplar Bluf.) From the Census Estimates for 2019, Poplar Bluff has a population of 16,980 people<2> (see below for details). Poplar Bluff is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Poplar Bluff lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Poplar Bluff: 573 & 235<4> The ZIP codes for Poplar Bluff: 63901-63902<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Poplar Bluff had an population of 16,980 people. This is a decrease of 0.25% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 1.98% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Poplar Bluff had a population of 17,023 people (or 39.79% of the total population of Butler County). This makes Poplar Bluff the county's most populous community. The population of Poplar Bluff represents 0.28% of the population of Missouri (which has 5,988,927 people), making it the state's 42nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 17,023 people, the population of Poplar Bluff increased 2.23% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 16,651 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Poplar Bluff. Websites for Poplar Bluff ...Official Website: www.poplarbluff.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.poplarbluffchamber.org/ Communities near Poplar Bluff ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Poplar Bluff.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Poplar Bluff. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Poplar Bluff. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Poplar Bluff. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poplar Bluff. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Poplar Bluff. Our list includes 19 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Poplar Bluff. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poplar Bluff ...Looking for more information about Poplar Bluff? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Poplar Bluff, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Poplar Bluff. Adding Poplar Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Poplar Bluff in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Poplar Bluff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Poplar Bluff. Footnotes ...
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