THE REYNOLDS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Current River Hills setting.
Reynolds County has 808.5 square miles of land in Missouri. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Reynolds County: Current River Hills, St. Francois Knobs and Basins, Meramec River Hills, among others.
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
Reynolds County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Current River Hills88%
- St. Francois Knobs and Basins10.9%
- Meramec River Hills0.6%
- Central Plateau0.4%
Finding your parcel within Reynolds County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Reynolds County, including Ellington, Bunker, Centerville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Reynolds County by land and water
The Census records 5.94 square miles of water within Reynolds County, or 0.7% of its total area. That share is close to Reynolds County’s 0.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Reynolds County has 2,534.4 times the land area of nearby Centerville city (0.32 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Carter County, Dent County, Iron County, Shannon County, Wayne County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

