THE PERRY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
River Hills setting.
Perry County has 474.4 square miles of land in Missouri. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Perry County: River Hills, Eastern Ozark Border, Middle Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
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.
Regional context: Interior River Valleys and Hills ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Perry County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- River Hills65.9%
- Eastern Ozark Border21%
- Middle Mississippi Alluvial Plain13.1%
Ozark Highlands in Perry 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 Perry County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Perry County, including Perryville, Brewer, Shakertowne. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Perry County by land and water
The Census records 9.81 square miles of water within Perry County, or 2% of its total area. That share is close to Perry County’s 2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Perry County has 3,794.8 times the land area of nearby Longtown town (0.13 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Madison County, St. Francois County, Ste. Genevieve County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

