Butler County, Missouri
| Butler County, Missouri | |
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Butler County Courthouse, October 2014
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 Location in the U.S. state of Missouri |
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 Missouri's location in the U.S. |
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| 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 |
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| Elected countywide officials | ||||
| Assessor | Marion Tibbs | Republican | ||
| Circuit Clerk | Cindi Bowman | Republican | ||
| County Clerk | Tonyi Deffendall | Republican | ||
| Collector | Brenda Fox | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (Presiding) |
Vince Lampe | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 1) |
Don Anderson | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 2) |
Jeffrey Darnell | Republican | ||
| Coroner | Jim Akers | 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 | ||
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| 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%) | |
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| 2008 Democratic primary in Missouri | ||
| Hillary Clinton | 2,490 (69.87%) | |
| Barack Obama | 960 (26.94%) | |
| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 82 (2.30%) | |
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. The largest city and county seat is Poplar Bluff. 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. The first meeting in the Butler County Courthouse was held on June 18, 1849.
Butler County comprises the Poplar Bluff, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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.
As of the census 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.
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