THE STONE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
White River Hills setting.
Stone County has 463.8 square miles of land in Missouri. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Stone County: White River Hills, Springfield 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
Stone County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- White River Hills80.1%
- Springfield Plateau19.9%
Finding your parcel within Stone County
The atlas lists 12 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Stone County, including Branson, Shell Knob, Branson West. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Stone County by land and water
The Census records 46.8 square miles of water within Stone County, or 9.2% of its total area. That share is close to Stone County’s 9.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Stone County has 1,583 times the land area of nearby McCord Bend village (0.29 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Barry County, Christian County, Lawrence County, Taney County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

