THE LA MONTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Wooded Osage Plains setting.
La Monte city has 1.09 square miles of land in Pettis County. Its Census reference point is in Wooded Osage 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
La Monte and Pettis County
La Monte is associated with Pettis County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
La Monte by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within La Monte, or 1.1% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points higher than the 0.6% recorded for Pettis County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, La Monte city has 37.7% of the land area of nearby Knob Noster city (2.88 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.