Butler County, Missouri

Butler County, Missouri

Butler County Courthouse, October 2014
Location in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri's location in the U.S.
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 (est.)
• (2015)	42,951
• Density	62/sq mi (24/km²)
Congressional district	8th
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	butler.countyportal.net

Butler County is a county located in the southeast Ozark Foothills Region in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 Census, the county's population was 42,794.^[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.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 699 square miles (1,810 km²), of which 695 square miles (1,800 km²) is land and 4.3 square miles (11 km²) (0.6%) is water.^[4]

Adjacent counties

Wayne County (north)
Stoddard County (northeast)
Dunklin County (southeast)
Clay County, Arkansas (south)
Ripley County (west)
Carter County (northwest)

Major highways

National protected area

Mark Twain National Forest (part)

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1850	1,616		—
1860	2,891		78.9%
1870	4,298		48.7%
1880	6,011		39.9%
1890	10,164		69.1%
1900	16,769		65.0%
1910	20,624		23.0%
1920	24,106		16.9%
1930	23,697		−1.7%
1940	34,276		44.6%
1950	37,707		10.0%
1960	34,656		−8.1%
1970	33,529		−3.3%
1980	37,693		12.4%
1990	38,765		2.8%
2000	40,867		5.4%
2010	42,794		4.7%
Est. 2016	42,739	^[5]	−0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census^[6] 1790-1960^[7] 1900-1990^[8] 1990-2000^[9] 2010-2015^[1]

As of the census^[10] of 2000, there were 40,867 people, 16,718 households, and 11,318 families residing in the county. The population density was 59 people per square mile (23/km²). There were 18,707 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile (10/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.16% White, 5.22% Black or African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 1.36% from two or more races. Approximately 1.01% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Among the major first ancestries reported in Butler County were 31.7% American, 13.8% German, 11.6% Irish and 10.5% English.

There were 16,718 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.50% were married couples living together, 11.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.20% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,422, and the median income for a family was $42,713. Males had a median income of $27,449 versus $19,374 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,282. About 14.00% of families and 18.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.90% of those under age 18 and 16.90% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), most residents (58.00%) in Butler County do not adhere to a religion.

Among those who do adhere to a religion (42.00%), the majority of Butler County residents' religious affiliations are:

68.35% Evangelical Protestantism
11.92% Catholicism
11.25% Mainline Protestantism
5.41% Others (Mormonism, Islam, and Hinduism)
3.06% Black Protestantism

The main religious families among all adherents in Butler County are:

45.27% Baptists
14.64% Nondenominationals
11.92% Catholics
9.30% Pentecostals
6.67% Methodists

Education

Of adults 25 years of age and older in Butler County, 70.5% possesses a high school diploma or higher while 11.6% holds a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest educational attainment.

Public Schools

Neelyville R-IV School District^[11] - Neelyville
- Hillview Elementary School - Harviell - (PK-02)
- Neelyville Elementary School - (03-06)
- Neelyville High School - (07-12)
Poplar Bluff R-I School District^[12] - Poplar Bluff
- Eugene Field Elementary School - (01-04)
- Kinyon Early Childhood Center - (PK/Daycare)
- Lake Road Elementary School - (01-04)
- Mark Twain Kindergarten Center - (K)
- O'Neal Elementary School - (01-04)
- Oak Grove Elementary School - (01-04)
- Poplar Bluff 5th & 6th Grade Center - (05-06)
- Poplar Bluff Jr. High School (07-08)
- Poplar Bluff High School (09-12)
Twin Rivers R-X School District^[13] - Broseley
- Fisk Elementary School - Fisk - (K-08)
- Qulin Elementary School - Qulin - (K-08)
- Twin Rivers High School - Broseley - (09-12)

Private schools

Agape Christian School - Poplar Bluff - (K-12) - Non-denominational Christian
Sacred Heart Elementary School^[14] - Poplar Bluff - (PK-08) - Roman Catholic
Southern Missouri Christian School - Poplar Bluff - (K-12) - Assembly of God/Pentecostal
Westwood Baptist Academy^[15] - Poplar Bluff - (PK-12) - Baptist
Zion Lutheran School^[16] - Poplar Bluff - Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

Special education/other schools

Hentz Alternative Learning Center - Poplar Bluff
Shady Grove State School - Poplar Bluff
Sierra-Osage Treatment Center - Poplar Bluff
W.E. Sears Youth Center - Poplar Bluff

Post-secondary

Three Rivers College - Poplar Bluff - A public, two-year community college.

Public libraries

Fisk Community Library^[17]
Poplar Bluff Public Library^[18]

Politics

Local

Butler County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor	Marion Tibbs	Republican
Circuit Clerk	Cindi Bowman	Republican
County Clerk	Tonyi Deffendall	Republican
Collector	Emily Clark Parks	Republican
Commissioner (Presiding)	Vince Lampe	Republican
Commissioner (District 1)	Don Anderson	Republican
Commissioner (District 2)	Boots LeGrand	Republican
Coroner	Andy Moore	Republican
Prosecuting Attorney	Kevin Barbour	Republican
Public Administrator	Sharron Payne	Republican
Recorder	Debby Lundstrom	Republican
Sheriff	Mark L. Dobbs	Republican
Surveyor	Jim Mathis	Republican
Treasurer	Joe Humphrey	Republican

The Republican Party completely controls all politics at the local level in Butler County.

State

Butler County is divided into two legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives:

District 152 is currently represented by Todd Richardson (R-Poplar Bluff). It consists of all of the cities of Neelyville, Qulin, and Poplar Bluff; all of the census-designated place of Harviell; and the unincorporated communities of Angus, Batesville, Belcher, Booser, Broseley, Fagus, Hubbel, Kremlin, Loma Linda, Nyssa, Oglesville, Platanus, Resnik, Roxie, Taft, and Vastus.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 152 — Butler County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Todd Richardson	9,807	100.00%

Missouri House of Representatives — District 152 — Butler County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Todd Richardson	4,646	100.00%

Missouri House of Representatives — District 152 — Butler County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Todd Richardson	9,569	100.00%

District 153 is currently represented by Steve Cookson (R-Poplar Bluff). It consists of all of the city of Fisk and the unincorporated communities of Ash Hill, Barron, Empire, Halloran, Hamtown, Hendrickson, Hilliard, Keener, Kinzer, Morocco, Rombauer, and Wilby.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 153 — Butler County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Steve Cookson	5,007	81.09%	-6.05
	Democratic	Matt Michel	1,168	18.91%	+18.91

Missouri House of Representatives — District 153 — Butler County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Steve Cookson	2,664	87.14%	+3.95
	Libertarian	Ginny Keirns	393	12.86%	+12.86

Missouri House of Representatives — District 153 — Butler County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Steve Cookson	4,652	83.19%
	Independent	Jack (Skip) Johnson	940	16.81%

All of Butler County is included in Missouri's 25th Senatorial District and is represented by Republican Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) in the Missouri Senate.

Missouri Senate — District 25 — Butler County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Doug Libla	12,741	76.16%	+6.54
	Democratic	Bill Burlison	3,989	23.84%	-6.54

Missouri Senate — District 25 — Butler County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Doug Libla	11,518	69.62%
	Democratic	Terry Swinger	5,026	30.38%

**Past Gubernatorial Elections Results**
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	73.78% 12,598	23.65% 4,039	2.57% 438
2012	55.46% 9,251	42.18% 7,036	2.36% 393
2008	54.12% 9,205	43.86% 7,459	2.02% 343
2004	66.12% 10,796	32.85% 5,364	1.03% 168
2000	58.40% 8,301	39.80% 5,657	1.80% 257
1996	47.71% 6,793	50.63% 7,208	1.66% 237
1992	49.18% 7,335	50.82% 7,581	0.00% 0
1988	66.86% 9,060	33.12% 4,488	0.02% 3
1984	59.67% 7,875	40.33% 5,323	0.00% 0
1980	53.17% 7,471	46.75% 6,569	0.07% 10
1976	52.91% 6,489	46.82% 5,742	0.27% 33
1972	54.67% 6,972	45.23% 5,768	0.09% 12
1968	41.44% 5,393	58.56% 7,621	0.00% 0
1964	38.67% 5,021	61.33% 7,964	0.00% 0
1960	49.56% 6,772	50.44% 6,891	0.00% 0

Federal

Butler County is represented in the U.S. Senate by U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (Democrat) and Roy Blunt (Republican).

Butler County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and is represented by Jason T. Smith (Republican).

Political Culture

Statewide Election Results
Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Romney 72.52% — 25.83% Obama
	U.S. Senator	Akin 54.33% — 40.59% McCaskill
	Governor	Spence 55.46% — 42.18% Nixon
	Lt. Governor	Kinder 70.68% — 25.51% Montee
	Secretary of State	Schoeller 65.26% — 31.39% Kander
	State Treasurer	McNary 63.41% — 32.74% Zweifel
	Attorney General	Martin 56.67% — 39.59% Koster
2010	U.S. Senator	Blunt 70.54% — 25.19% Carnahan
2010	State Auditor	Schweich 69.06% — 27.20% Montee
2008	President	McCain 68.09% — 30.66% Obama
	Governor	Hulshof 54.12% — 43.86% Nixon
	Lt. Governor	Kinder 64.84% — 32.94% Page
	Secretary of State	Carnahan 50.10% — 47.50% Hubbard
	State Treasurer	Lager 62.53% — 35.17% Zweifel
	Attorney General	Gibbons 60.27% — 39.73% Koster
2006	U.S. Senator	Talent 60.89% — 35.79% McCaskill
2006	State Auditor	Thomas 57.27% — 38.93% Montee
2004	President	Bush 71.14% — 28.38% Kerry
	U.S. Senator	Bond 73.11% — 25.95% Farmer
	Governor	Blunt 66.12% — 32.85% McCaskill
	Lt. Governor	Kinder 63.00% — 33.96% Cook
	Secretary of State	Hanaway 60.51% — 36.84% Carnahan
	State Treasurer	Steelman 60.07% — 31.32% Powell
	Attorney General	Byrd 54.54% — 42.27% Nixon

**Presidential Elections Results**^[19]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	79.1% 13,650	17.6% 3,036	3.3% 573
2012	72.5% 12,248	25.8% 4,363	1.7% 278
2008	68.1% 11,805	30.7% 5,316	1.3% 217
2004	71.1% 11,696	28.4% 4,666	0.5% 79
2000	63.3% 9,111	34.7% 4,996	2.0% 290
1996	48.8% 6,996	40.3% 5,780	10.9% 1,567
1992	42.2% 6,450	43.2% 6,602	14.5% 2,220
1988	58.0% 7,968	41.9% 5,751	0.1% 19
1984	65.0% 8,712	35.0% 4,699
1980	58.8% 8,342	39.5% 5,605	1.7% 234
1976	45.4% 5,669	54.1% 6,759	0.5% 57
1972	72.6% 9,198	27.4% 3,466
1968	47.0% 6,326	32.5% 4,379	20.5% 2,759
1964	42.1% 5,616	57.9% 7,710
1960	61.8% 8,751	38.2% 5,406
1956	55.2% 7,216	44.9% 5,869
1952	54.9% 7,843	45.0% 6,426	0.1% 16
1948	44.4% 4,276	55.2% 5,319	0.4% 35
1944	60.0% 6,375	39.7% 4,219	0.3% 32
1940	56.2% 8,024	43.5% 6,213	0.3% 38
1936	50.3% 6,355	49.4% 6,234	0.3% 42
1932	40.3% 4,155	58.8% 6,058	0.9% 90
1928	62.5% 5,591	37.1% 3,320	0.4% 38
1924	56.0% 4,489	36.8% 2,953	7.2% 577
1920	61.8% 4,601	35.8% 2,662	2.4% 179
1916	53.8% 2,717	42.2% 2,135	4.0% 202
1912	39.7% 1,851	41.7% 1,946	18.6% 868
1908	51.2% 2,186	44.4% 1,893	4.4% 189
1904	54.9% 1,960	38.4% 1,369	6.7% 239
1900	51.8% 1,888	45.8% 1,670	2.4% 89
1896	48.2% 1,635	51.4% 1,743	0.4% 15
1892	42.3% 1,052	49.6% 1,233	8.1% 202
1888	41.0% 857	56.9% 1,189	2.1% 43

Missouri Presidential Preference Primary (2008)

Voters in Butler County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally.

Hillary Rodham Clinton received more votes, a total of 2,490, than any candidate from either party in Butler County during the 2008 Missouri presidential preference primary.

Butler County, Missouri
2008 Republican primary in Missouri
John McCain	1,117 (24.64%)
Mike Huckabee	2,215 (48.85%)
Mitt Romney	1,007 (22.21%)
Ron Paul	134 (2.96%)

Butler County, Missouri
2008 Democratic primary in Missouri
Hillary Clinton	2,490 (69.87%)
Barack Obama	960 (26.94%)
John Edwards (withdrawn)	82 (2.30%)

Communities

The Art Deco-style Rodgers Theatre opened in Poplar Bluff on June 1, 1949.

Cities

Census-designated places

Fairdealing (part)
Harviell

Other unincorporated communities

Townships

Butler County is divided into ten townships:

References

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External links

Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Butler County from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books

Adjacent places of Butler County, Missouri

Butler County, Missouri

Clay County, Arkansas

Dunklin County

Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Poplar Bluff
Cities	Fisk Neelyville Poplar Bluff Qulin
Townships	Ash Hill Beaver Dam Black River Cane Creek Coon Island Epps Gillis Bluff Neely Poplar Bluff St. Francois
CDP	Fairdealing‡ Harviell
Other unincorporated communities	Ash Hill Batesville Broseley Carola Empire Fagus Halloran Hendrickson Hilliard Hubbells Junland Keeners Kinzer Kremlin Mill Milltown Oglesville Rombauer Rossville Stringtown Taft Vastus Wilby
Ghost town	Parks
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Coordinates: 36°43′N 90°24′W / 36.72°N 90.40°W / 36.72; -90.40

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