THE MARIES COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Plateau setting.
Maries County has 527 square miles of land in Missouri. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Maries 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
Maries County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Plateau62.2%
- Osage/Gasconade Hills37.8%
Finding your parcel within Maries County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Maries County, including Belle, Vienna, Argyle. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Maries County by land and water
The Census records 2.95 square miles of water within Maries County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Maries County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Maries County has 493.4 times the land area of nearby Vienna city (1.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Gasconade County, Miller County, Osage County, Phelps County, Pulaski County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

