Poplar Bluff Township, Butler County, Missouri

Poplar Bluff Township
Township
Coordinates: 36°45′31″N 090°23′51″W / 36.75861°N 90.39750°W / 36.75861; -90.39750Coordinates: 36°45′31″N 090°23′51″W / 36.75861°N 90.39750°W / 36.75861; -90.39750
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[1] 364 ft (111 m)
Population (2000)
  Total 24,929
  Density 179.7/sq mi (69.4/km2)
FIPS code 29-59114[2]
GNIS feature ID 0766356

Poplar Bluff Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 24,929.

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.

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.


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