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Poplar Bluff, Missouri (view source)
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Poplar Bluff was incorporated as a village on February 9, 1870, and as a city on August 2, 1892. Its first mayor was Joseph T. Davidson, a Civil War veteran from [[Illinois]]. Since 1970 the city has had a council-manager form of government, in which most administrative authority lies with an appointed city manager and the elected members of the city council, with the mayor having relatively little power. The current mayor is Robert L. Smith (who also doubles as 5th Ward councilman), who upon his appointment in April 2019 became the city's first African-American mayor. There are six other council members, one from each of the other four wards and the other two elected at-large. The city manager, who appoints most of the city department heads, is Mark Massingham, appointed in 2015.<ref>https://www.poplarbluff-mo.gov/226/City-Manager</ref>
Poplar Bluff was incorporated as a village on February 9, 1870, and as a city on August 2, 1892. Its first mayor was Joseph T. Davidson, a Civil War veteran from [[Illinois]]. Since 1970 the city has had a council-manager form of government, in which most administrative authority lies with an appointed city manager and the elected members of the city council, with the mayor having relatively little power. The current mayor is Robert L. Smith (who also doubles as 5th Ward councilman), who upon his appointment in April 2019 became the city's first African-American mayor. There are six other council members, one from each of the other four wards and the other two elected at-large. The city manager, who appoints most of the city department heads, is Mark Massingham, appointed in 2015.<ref>https://www.poplarbluff-mo.gov/226/City-Manager</ref>
==Economy==
During the early 20th century, Poplar Bluff was a significant local manufacturing center, mostly related to the logging operations in the area as Butler County was cleared for agriculture, but extending as well to other industries such as typewriters, steamboat construction, whiskey distilling, and oil well machinery. There was even a brief attempt to establish Poplar Bluff as an automobile production center in the 1910s, though nothing came of this.
Today the city has some 1,600 business establishments. Manufacturing remains the most important sector, in terms of value of production as well as persons employed, followed closely by retail trade, education, and health care.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref> The largest single employer is the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center with 1,300 employees, followed by the Briggs & Stratton Corporation, the V.A. Medical Center, and the Poplar Bluff R-I School District.<ref>http://poplarbluffchamber.org/top-employers</ref>
==Education==
==Education==
Several private schools also operate in Poplar Bluff, including the Sacred Heart Catholic School, Thomas M. Lane Seventh-Day Adventist Church School, and Westwood Baptist Academy.
Several private schools also operate in Poplar Bluff, including the Sacred Heart Catholic School, Thomas M. Lane Seventh-Day Adventist Church School, and Westwood Baptist Academy.
The city is home to one institution of higher education, Three Rivers Community College (taking its name from the Black, Current, and St. Francis rivers). Founded in 1966, it principally serves Butler, Carter, Ripley, and Wayne Counties, and includes the central campus at Poplar Bluff as well as multiple branch campuses in nearby towns. Total enrollment is around 3,000 with about 290 faculty and staff.<ref>https://trcc.edu/about/facts.php</ref>
==Media==
Poplar Bluff has one local newspaper, the ''Daily American Republic''. It has been in continual operation since 1934 (succeeding an older publication, the ''Daily Republican''), and is one of the more significant newspapers between St. Louis and Memphis.
Several radio stations are located in the city, including KAHR (96.7 FM), playing adult hits; KJEZ (95.5 FM), playing rock music; KKLR (94.5 FM), a country music station; KLID (1340 AM), an oldies/talk station; KLUE (103.5 FM), playing Top 40 music; KLUH (90.3 FM) and KOKS (89.5 FM), both Christian contemporary stations; KPBR (91.7 FM), a religious talk station; KPPL (92.5 FM), playing country music; KWOC (930 AM), a news/talk station; and KYHO (106.9 FM), a Christian station.
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