Poplar Bluff is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Missouri, United States, that is known as "The Gateway to the Ozarks" among other names. The population was 16,225 at the 2020 census. The Poplar Bluff Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of all of Butler County. The city is at the crossroads of U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 67.
Midwest
Poplar Bluff
Butler County, MO
Population
16,313
Walk Score
67 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$707
Median home value
$102,700
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Cynthia-Kinzer Historic District · listed 2015
- Garfield Historic District · listed 2017
- North Main Street Historic District · listed 2011
- Poplar Bluff Commercial Historic District · listed 1994
- South Sixth Street Historic District · listed 1998
Notable landmarks
- Butler County Courthouse · listed 1994
- Greer, Alfred W., House · listed 1998
- Hargrove Pivot Bridge · listed 1985
- Mark Twain School · listed 1998
- Moore, J. Herbert, House · listed 1998
- Moore, Thomas, House · listed 1998
- Moore-Dalton House · listed 1994
- Phillips, John Archibald, House · listed 1998
- Poplar Bluff Public Library · listed 1994
- Rodgers Theatre Building · listed 2001
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depot · listed 1994
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Depot · listed 1994
- Wheatley Public School · listed 1998
- Williams-Gierth House · listed 2012
- Williamson-Kennedy School · listed 1998
- Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Department Store Building · listed 2006
- Zehe Building · listed 1994
- Gooseneck Site · listed 1990
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