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In June 2012, ninety-five years after the community first dedicated funding for the purpose of a library, Poplar Bluff made its voice heard once again on the value it places on a democratic society that has access to free and open information when they passed a quarter-cent sales tax to ensure the
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Library. The building now sits at 21,000 square feet and offers a collection of more than 70,000 volumes, access to
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Missouri Library Association held its annual statewide conference at the Poplar Bluff Library when it opened its doors in Oct.1936. At the time, the
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Municipal Library District can trace its beginnings back to Mrs. M. C. Horton, president of the Poplar Bluff Bay View Reading Club, who held a meeting in her home in 1915 to discuss the possibility of a free public library to serve Poplar Bluff and its citizens. A year later, on
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Criterion Theater, the library moved locations several times before landing in its permanent home on Main Street. The building at
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