THE STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Ozark Border setting.
Ste. Genevieve County has 499.2 square miles of land in Missouri. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Ste. Genevieve County: Eastern Ozark Border, River Hills, Middle Mississippi Alluvial Plain, 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
Ste. Genevieve County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Ozark Border65.1%
- River Hills27%
- Middle Mississippi Alluvial Plain4.8%
- St. Francois Knobs and Basins3.1%
Interior River Valleys and Hills in Ste. Genevieve County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Ste. Genevieve County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Ste. Genevieve County, including Ozora, Grayhawk, Goose Creek Lake. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Ste. Genevieve County by land and water
The Census records 7.61 square miles of water within Ste. Genevieve County, or 1.5% of its total area. That share is close to Ste. Genevieve County’s 1.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ste. Genevieve County has 475.4 times the land area of nearby Weingarten CDP (1.05 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Jefferson County, Perry County, St. Francois County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

