THE WHITEWATER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
St. Francis Lowlands setting.
Whitewater town has 0.21 square miles of land in Cape Girardeau County. Its Census reference point is in St. Francis Lowlands, within Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
The Mississippi's broad alluvial plain includes river terraces, swales and natural levees. Small changes in elevation distinguish local settings within this generally flat river landscape.
Regional context: Mississippi Alluvial Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Whitewater and Cape Girardeau County
Whitewater is associated with Cape Girardeau 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.
Whitewater by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Whitewater, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.3% recorded for Cape Girardeau County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Whitewater town has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Allenville village (0.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

