THE CAMERON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Flats and Till Plains setting.
Cameron city has 6.94 square miles of land in Caldwell County, Clinton County, DeKalb County. Its Census reference point is in Loess Flats and Till Plains, within Central Irregular Plains.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 3 county geographies.
Cameron intersects 3 county geographies: Caldwell County, Clinton County, DeKalb County. A Cameron mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Cameron by land and water
The Census records 0.27 square miles of water within Cameron, or 3.7% of its total area. It is 2.4 percentage points higher than the 1.4% recorded for Missouri. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cameron city has 19.5% of the land area of nearby Grand River township (35.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

