Poplar Bluff Township, Butler County, Missouri

Poplar Bluff Township
Poplar Bluff Township
Township
	Coordinates: 36°45′31″N090°23′51″W / 36.75861°N 90.39750°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Butler
Area
• Total	138.92 sq mi (359.81 km2)
• Land	138.7 sq mi (359.24 km2)
• Water	0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2) 0.16%
Elevation	325 ft (99 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	25,878
• Density	179.7/sq mi (69.4/km2)
FIPS code	29-59114
GNIS feature ID	0766356

Last updated July 24, 2023

Poplar Bluff Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,878.^[3]

Geography

Poplar Bluff Township covers an area of 138.92 square miles (359.8 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Poplar Bluff (the county seat). It contains seventeen cemeteries: Ashcraft, Black Creek, Carpenter Bend, Dooley, Friendship, Green Hill, Hvam, Marble Hill, Melton, Memorial Gardens, Morocco, Oak Hill, Podesva, Sacred Heart, Shadle, Sheppard and Woodlawn.

Carpenter Lake is within this township. The streams of Agee Creek, Black Creek, Black River, Buck Creek, Dobbs Creek, Harwell Creek, Hickory Creek, Hoedapp Creek, Indian Creek, Lewis Creek, Mill Creek, Pike Creek and Pike Slough run through this township.

Transportation

Poplar Bluff Township contains three airports or landing strips: Earl Fields Memorial Airport, Hayes Field and Lucy Lee Hospital Heliport.

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References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poplar Bluff Township, Butler County, Missouri
↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ U.S. Census Bureau (September 2012). "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts, Missouri" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-21.

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[gnis-1] 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poplar Bluff Township, Butler County, Missouri

[GR2-2] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[3] U.S. Census Bureau (September 2012). "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts, Missouri" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-21.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Poplar Bluff
Cities	Fisk Neelyville Poplar Bluff Qulin	Map of Missouri highlighting Butler County
Townships	Ash Hill Beaver Dam Black River Cane Creek Coon Island Epps Gillis Bluff Neely Poplar Bluff St. Francois
CDPs	Broseley Fairdealing‡ Harviell
Other communities	Ash Hill Batesville Carola Empire Fagus Halloran Hendrickson Hilliard Hubbells Junland Keeners Kinzer Kremlin Mill Milltown Nyssa Oglesville Rombauer Rossville Stringtown Taft Vastus Wilby
Ghost town	Parks
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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