THE HENRY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cherokee Plains setting.
Henry County has 696.9 square miles of land in Missouri. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Henry County: Cherokee Plains, Wooded Osage Plains, Osage/Gasconade Hills.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Henry County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Cherokee Plains66.5%
- Wooded Osage Plains29%
- Osage/Gasconade Hills4.5%
Ozark Highlands in Henry County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Henry County
The atlas lists 30 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Henry County, including Tebo, Bethlehem, Leesville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Henry County by land and water
The Census records 35.4 square miles of water within Henry County, or 4.8% of its total area. That share is close to Henry County’s 4.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Henry County has 76.4 times the land area of nearby Clinton city (9.12 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bates County, Benton County, Cass County, Johnson County, Pettis County, St. Clair County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

