Poplar Bluff Township, Butler County, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Poplar Bluff Township
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Butler
Area Total Km2:359.81
Area Land Km2:359.24
Area Water Km2:0.57
Area Total Sq Mi:138.92
Area Land Sq Mi:138.7
Area Water Sq Mi:0.22
Area Water Percent:0.16
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:25878
Population Density Km2:69.4
Population Density Sq Mi:179.7
Elevation M:99
Coordinates:36.7586°N -90.3975°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-59114[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0766356

Poplar Bluff Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,878.[2]

Geography

Poplar Bluff Township covers an area of 138.92sqmi 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.

References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census Bureau . 2010 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts, Missouri . U.S. Government Printing Office . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021021540/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-27.pdf . 2016-10-21 . September 2012 . dead.

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