THE STONE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower Boston Mountains setting.
Stone County has 606.4 square miles of land in Arkansas. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Stone County: Lower Boston Mountains, Dissected Springfield Plateau-Elk River Hills, Springfield Plateau, among others.
A deeply eroded sandstone-and-shale plateau creates the Boston Mountains' rugged valleys and uplands. Oak and hickory forests are prominent, with pine and cedar in some lower or exposed settings.
Regional context: Boston Mountains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Stone County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Lower Boston Mountains45.6%
- Dissected Springfield Plateau-Elk River Hills36.7%
- Springfield Plateau10.3%
- White River Hills7.4%
Ozark Highlands in Stone County
Wooded uplands over limestone, dolomite and sandstone characterize the Ozarks. Springs, caves and spring-fed streams are widespread regional features within a landscape of uneven plateaus and valleys.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Stone County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Stone County, including Mountain View, Fox, Pleasant Grove. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Stone County by land and water
The Census records 3.15 square miles of water within Stone County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Stone County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Stone County has 83.1 times the land area of nearby Mountain View city (7.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Baxter County, Cleburne County, Independence County, Izard County, Searcy County, Van Buren County within Arkansas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

