THE DALLAS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Plateau setting.
Dallas County has 541 square miles of land in Missouri. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Dallas County: Central Plateau, Osage/Gasconade Hills.
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
Dallas County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Plateau86.5%
- Osage/Gasconade Hills13.5%
Finding your parcel within Dallas County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Dallas County, including Bennett Springs, Buffalo, Urbana. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Dallas County by land and water
The Census records 1.9 square miles of water within Dallas County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Dallas County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dallas County has 180.1 times the land area of nearby Buffalo city (3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Camden County, Greene County, Hickory County, Laclede County, Polk County, Webster County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

