THE HICKORY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage/Gasconade Hills setting.
Hickory County has 398.8 square miles of land in Missouri. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Hickory County: Osage/Gasconade Hills, Springfield Plateau, 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
Hickory County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Osage/Gasconade Hills57.8%
- Springfield Plateau25.8%
- Central Plateau16.4%
Finding your parcel within Hickory County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Hickory County, including Hermitage, Wheatland, Weaubleau. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Hickory County by land and water
The Census records 12.9 square miles of water within Hickory County, or 3.1% of its total area. That share is close to Hickory County’s 3.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hickory County has 307.5 times the land area of nearby Hermitage city (1.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Benton County, Camden County, Dallas County, Polk County, St. Clair County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

