City Of Popular Bluff

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address:101 Oak Street Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 phone:573-785-7474 website:City Of Popular Bluff email:

About Poplar Bluff:
Situated in Southeast Missouri midway between St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, our city is home to about 17,000 people. Come see us! Nestled among Ozark foothills, spring-fed streams, a national forest, a peaceful lake and fertile farmland, Poplar Bluff serves as a regional hub for education, health care, business and light industry for over 100,000 people.

History of Poplar Bluff:
The character of the early settlers of this county is evidenced in the choice they made for the county seat. They could well have chosen the Cane Creek area, site of the first settlement. It would no doubt have been a convenience to them and a financial benefit, but they chose to have their county seat in the center of the county on a navigable river to make it more easily accessible to all who would come here to live. The river in the early days of the 19th century.was used like a major highway is today.