Butler County, Missouri

Butler County
Butler County
County
	Butler County Courthouse in Poplar Bluff
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 36°43′N 90°24′W / 36.72°N 90.4°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	February 27, 1849
Named for	William Orlando Butler
Seat	Poplar Bluff
Largest city	Poplar Bluff
Area
• Total	699 sq mi (1,810 km2)
• Land	695 sq mi (1,800 km2)
• Water	4.3 sq mi (11 km2) 0.6%
Population (2020)
• Total	42,130
• Density	60/sq mi (23/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th
Website	butlercountymo.com

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.^[1] The largest city and county seat is Poplar Bluff.^[2] 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.^[3] The first meeting in the Butler County Courthouse was held on June 18, 1849.

Butler County comprises the Poplar Bluff, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 264.