County · Missouri

Butler County

Butler County is a county located in the southeast Ozark Foothills Region in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 Census, the county's population was 42,130. The largest city and county seat is Poplar Bluff. The county was officially organized from Wayne County on February 27, 1849, and is named after former U.S. Representative William O. Butler (D-Kentucky), who was also an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States. The first meeting in the Butler County Courthouse was held on June 18, 1849.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 168727
FIPS state: 29
FIPS county: 023
FIPS place: 99023
Census record name: COUNTY OF BUTLER
Mailing address: 100 N MAIN ST, POPLAR BLUFF 63901