THE CAPE GIRARDEAU LAND BRIEF
Land in the
River Hills setting.
Cape Girardeau city has 29.3 square miles of land in Cape Girardeau County, Scott County. Its Census reference point is in River Hills, within Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Broad terraced river valleys contrast with wooded slopes and dissected glacial plains. Bottomland settings and upland oak landscapes occur close together across the Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Regional context: Interior River Valleys and Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Cape Girardeau intersects 2 county geographies: Cape Girardeau County, Scott County. A Cape Girardeau mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Cape Girardeau by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within Cape Girardeau, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for Missouri. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cape Girardeau city has 16.5 times the land area of nearby Dutchtown CDP (1.78 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.