THE CAMDEN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage/Gasconade Hills setting.
Camden County has 655.9 square miles of land in Missouri. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Camden County: Osage/Gasconade Hills, Central Plateau.
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.
Regional context: Ozark Highlands ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Camden County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Osage/Gasconade Hills76.4%
- Central Plateau23.6%
Finding your parcel within Camden County
The atlas lists 13 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Camden County, including Osage Beach, Lake Ozark, Sunrise Beach. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Camden County by land and water
The Census records 52.7 square miles of water within Camden County, or 7.4% of its total area. That share is close to Camden County’s 7.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Camden County has 115.1 times the land area of nearby Camdenton city (5.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Benton County, Dallas County, Hickory County, Laclede County, Miller County, Morgan County, Pulaski County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

