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Place Name
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Butler County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Poplar Bluff
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Population
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38,765 (1990)
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Location
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Missouri, United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°43'N
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Longitude
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90°24'W
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Butler
, county (
716 sq mi/1,854 sq km; 1990 pop.
38,765), SE Mo.;  Poplar Bluff; 36°43'N 90°24'W.
Ozarks in the NW and the Mississippi alluvial lowland in SE; bounded E
by St. Francis R.; drained by Black R. Resort, agr. area. Cotton, corn,
soybeans, and rice in SE; apples; livestock; lumber; mfg. at Poplar
Bluff. Parts of Mark Twain Natl. Forest in N and L.
Wappapello in NE. Formed 1849.
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