Top 10 Biggest Counties in Missouri (by size)

The state of Missouri is 44.6-million acres divided into 114 counties. Some counties have hundreds of thousands of residents, while others have only a few thousand. Here is a list of the largest counties in the Show Me State.

  County         Size        County Seat            Largest City

  1. Texas County           –   1,179 sq mi          –          Houston                –           Licking
  2. Shannon County     –    1,004 sq mi          –          Eminence              –          Winona
  3. Howell County        –    928 sq mi            –          West Plains  – West Plains    
  4. Franklin County         –   922 sq mi           –           Union                  –        Washington
  5. Nodaway County     –     877 sq mi           –         Maryville              –         Maryville
  6. Bates County           –     848 sq mi            –          Butler                  –         Butler
  7. Callaway County       –     839 sq mi            –           Fulton                  –       Fulton
  8. Vernon County           –   834 sq mi             –        Nevada                 –      Nevada
  9. Johnson County       –      831 sq mi             –    Warrensburg           –  Warrensburg
  10. Stoddard County      –     827 sq mi            –       Bloomfield            –       Dexter
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