THE TEXAS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Plateau setting.
Texas County has 1,177.3 square miles of land in Missouri. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Texas County: Central Plateau, Osage/Gasconade Hills, Current 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
Texas County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Plateau53.9%
- Osage/Gasconade Hills25.7%
- Current River Hills17.2%
- White River Hills3.2%
Finding your parcel within Texas County
The atlas lists 24 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Texas County, including Sherrill, Piney, Lynch. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Texas County by land and water
The Census records 1.96 square miles of water within Texas County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Texas County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Texas County has 323.2 times the land area of nearby Houston city (3.64 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Dent County, Douglas County, Howell County, Laclede County, Phelps County, Pulaski County, Shannon County, Wright County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

