Poplar is an unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States.

It is also the last community along the CSX Blue Ridge Subdivision before crossing into Tennessee towards Erwin.

The community was named after an enormous poplar tree that once stood in the area; hollowed out, it supposedly served not only as a barn for livestock, but also as shelter for Confederate Soldiers traveling through the area during the American Civil War.

[5] In 1902, the South & Western Railroad established rail service in the area (today CSX).

This article about a location in Mitchell County, North Carolina is a stub.