THE CRAWFORD COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Meramec River Hills setting.
Crawford County has 742.5 square miles of land in Missouri. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Crawford County: Meramec River 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
Crawford County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Meramec River Hills75.1%
- Central Plateau24.9%
Finding your parcel within Crawford County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Crawford County, including Sullivan, Cuba, Steelville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Crawford County by land and water
The Census records 1.28 square miles of water within Crawford County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Crawford County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Crawford County has 306.8 times the land area of nearby Steelville city (2.42 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Dent County, Franklin County, Gasconade County, Iron County, Phelps County, Washington County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

