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The northwest corner of the original town of Poplar Bluff, platted in 1849, stood here. Poplar Bluff, named for beautiful tulip poplars on bluffs overlooking the Black River, became the county seat of Butler County in 1849 and was incorporated on February 9, 1870.
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Poplar Bluff, Missouri · United States
