THE GASCONADE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage/Gasconade Hills setting.
Gasconade County has 519 square miles of land in Missouri. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Gasconade County: Osage/Gasconade Hills, Central Plateau, River 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
Gasconade County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Osage/Gasconade Hills50.4%
- Central Plateau36.1%
- River Hills13.6%
Interior River Valleys and Hills in Gasconade County
Broad terraced river valleys contrast with wooded slopes and dissected glacial plains. Bottomland settings and upland oak landscapes occur close together across the Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Gasconade County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Gasconade County, including Owensville, Hermann, Rosebud. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Gasconade County by land and water
The Census records 6.95 square miles of water within Gasconade County, or 1.3% of its total area. That share is close to Gasconade County’s 1.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gasconade County has 199.8 times the land area of nearby Owensville city (2.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Crawford County, Franklin County, Maries County, Montgomery County, Osage County, Phelps County, Warren County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

