Country United States County Butler FIPS code 29-59114 Local time Thursday 9:50 PM | State Missouri Elevation 364 ft (111 m) GNIS feature ID 0766356 Population 24,929 (2000) | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind SE at 11 km/h, 71% Humidity Points of interest Skate City Fun Plex, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Bacon Memorial Park | ||
Poplar Bluff Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 24,929.
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Map of Poplar Bluff Township, MO, USA
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.