Butler County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1849
Parent county: Wayne

Namesake: William Butler, Kentucky politician
Seat: Poplar Bluff (1850–)

Land area: 695 square miles

Population (2020): 42,130

Population (historic): 1,616 (1850); 4,298 (1870); 10,164 (1890); 20,624 (1910); 23,697 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930–1950; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Four cities; two CDPs; ten townships

National Register listings: 25

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,370 (6.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 40.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $442
Average outbuilding value (1930): $293
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,105
Average farm size (1920): 50 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky
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Poplar Bluff

Namesake: Poplar forests near the city site

Founding: 1850 (platting); 1850 (post office); 1870 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 16,225

Population (historic): 791 (1880); 4,321 (1900); 7,551 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,062 (13.1%)
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