Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Poplar Bluff is the county seat and largest city of Butler County, Missouri, located on the Black River in the southeastern part of the state. It is the second-largest city in Southeast Missouri (after Cape Girardeau), with a population of 17,023 at the 2010 census.

Poplar Bluff is an important regional hub, due to the major highways which pass through it as well as its position between the "Bootheel" and the Ozark Plateau. It is often nicknamed "The Gateway to the Ozarks."