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Smallest counties by land area

The smallest county equivalents by land area. Independent cities appear alongside counties, so small city jurisdictions can rank ahead of rural counties.

Ranks 801–900

3,222 county equivalents · page 9 of 33

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What this part of the ranking shows

This page runs from Grundy County, Illinois at 418.135 mi² of land area to Cocke County, Tennessee at 436.138 mi² of land area. The 100 entries represent 26 state-level jurisdictions. Iowa has the most entries on this page (12).

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Smallest counties by land area, ranks 801 through 900. Areas in square miles.
RankCounty / equivalentStateLand mi²Total mi²Water share
801Grundy CountyIllinois418.1430.52.9%
802Choctaw CountyMississippi418.2419.90.4%
803Humphreys CountyMississippi418.6431.22.9%
804Nelson CountyKentucky418.7424.11.3%
805Clinton CountyMissouri418.9423.51.1%
806Mercer CountyWest Virginia419420.70.4%
807Tucker CountyWest Virginia419421.10.5%
808Glynn CountyGeorgia419.6585.328.3%
809Platte CountyMissouri419.8426.31.5%
810Scott CountyMissouri420425.91.4%
811Williamson CountyIllinois420.2444.35.4%
812Jackson CountyOhio420.3421.50.3%
813Echols CountyGeorgia420.4420.70.1%
814Williams CountyOhio420.7423.10.6%
815Hood CountyTexas420.7436.93.7%
816Cherokee CountyGeorgia421434.23.1%
817Webster CountyMississippi421.2423.20.5%
818East Carroll ParishLouisiana421.2442.74.8%
819Hocking CountyOhio421.4423.70.5%
820DeKalb CountyMissouri421.4425.81%
821Medina CountyOhio421.5423.10.4%
822Anoka CountyMinnesota422446.15.4%
823Grenada CountyMississippi422.1449.46.1%
824Allegany CountyMaryland422.2427.91.3%
825Holmes CountyOhio422.64240.3%
826Boone CountyIndiana422.9423.20.1%
827Ashland CountyOhio423426.80.9%
828Mingo CountyWest Virginia423.14240.2%
829Waseca CountyMinnesota423.44332.2%
830Adams CountyIowa423.4425.50.5%
831Alamance CountyNorth Carolina423.5434.22.5%
832Chesterfield CountyVirginia423.54373.1%
833Union CountyIowa423.6425.80.5%
834Montgomery CountyIowa424.14250.2%
835Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning RegionConnecticut424.1517.218%
836Preble CountyOhio424.2426.60.5%
837Tishomingo CountyMississippi424.3444.54.5%
838Caswell CountyNorth Carolina425.5428.70.7%
839Butler CountyKentucky426.1431.51.2%
840Gilmer CountyGeorgia426.2430.91.1%
841Ashe CountyNorth Carolina426.3429.40.7%
842New Castle CountyDelaware426.349413.7%
843Caldwell CountyMissouri426.4429.60.8%
844McCreary CountyKentucky426.7430.91%
845Forest CountyPennsylvania427.3430.50.8%
846Dubois CountyIndiana427.3435.31.9%
847Rock Island CountyIllinois427.5451.35.3%
848Stanton CountyNebraska427.64310.8%
849Hunterdon CountyNew Jersey427.8437.42.2%
850Randolph CountyGeorgia428.2430.90.6%
851Warren CountyMissouri428.6437.72.1%
852Coffee CountyTennessee429434.61.3%
853Champaign CountyOhio429429.80.2%
854Warren CountyNorth Carolina429.4444.33.4%
855Daviess CountyIndiana429.5436.91.7%
856Meigs CountyOhio429.5432.40.7%
857Steele CountyMinnesota429.6432.30.6%
858McMinn CountyTennessee430.1432.20.5%
859Lawrence CountyMississippi430.6435.71.2%
860Washington CountyWisconsin430.6435.71.2%
861Lucas CountyIowa430.7434.50.9%
862Mason CountyWest Virginia430.8444.73.1%
863Westchester CountyNew York430.8500.113.9%
864Multnomah CountyOregon4314657.3%
865Pawnee CountyNebraska431.1432.90.4%
866Clarke CountyIowa431.1431.70.1%
867Gwinnett CountyGeorgia431.2437.21.4%
868Atchison CountyKansas431.2433.80.6%
869McIntosh CountyGeorgia431.3573.924.8%
870Ida CountyIowa431.5432.10.1%
871Lunenburg CountyVirginia431.7432.40.2%
872Union CountyOhio431.7436.91.2%
873Sharkey CountyMississippi431.7435.10.8%
874Douglas CountySouth Dakota431.8433.70.4%
875Wapello CountyIowa431.84361%
876Red Lake CountyMinnesota432.4432.50%
877Andrew CountyMissouri432.6436.40.9%
878Warren CountyTennessee432.74340.3%
879Chatham CountyGeorgia432.863031.3%
880Sherburne CountyMinnesota432.9451.14%
881Overton CountyTennessee433.5434.80.3%
882Pulaski CountyIndiana433.7434.50.2%
883Laurel CountyKentucky433.7443.72.3%
884Monroe CountyIowa433.7434.30.1%
885Henry CountyIowa434.3436.50.5%
886Humboldt CountyIowa434.4435.70.3%
887Hanson CountySouth Dakota434.6435.40.2%
888Polk CountyTennessee434.6442.31.7%
889Claiborne CountyTennessee434.6441.61.6%
890Hamilton CountyIllinois434.7435.90.3%
891Beaver CountyPennsylvania434.74442.1%
892Winnebago CountyWisconsin434.7578.624.9%
893Watonwan CountyMinnesota435439.71.1%
894Grundy CountyMissouri435.34380.6%
895Lee CountyVirginia435.4437.30.4%
896Bremer CountyIowa435.5439.40.9%
897Jefferson CountyIowa435.5436.90.3%
898Davison CountySouth Dakota435.6436.90.3%
899Isanti CountyMinnesota435.8451.73.5%
900Cocke CountyTennessee436.1443.11.6%

Read the differences behind ranks 801–900

The median land area among these 100 entries is 428.416 mi². The first and last entries span 18.003 square miles. This median describes the entries on this page, not the full national dataset. Pagination is a browsing boundary, not a distinct geographic region.

A difference of one position means only that two entries are adjacent in this ordering. Their actual size difference can be tiny or substantial. Compare the measurements as well as the rank, and use the original square-meter fields when rounded labels appear equal.

Where the entries on this page are located

  • Iowa12 entries · 12% of this page
  • Ohio10 entries · 10% of this page
  • Georgia8 entries · 8% of this page
  • Missouri8 entries · 8% of this page
  • Minnesota7 entries · 7% of this page
  • Mississippi7 entries · 7% of this page

The remaining 20 jurisdictions contribute 48 entries. The list above shows the six most represented, with alphabetical ordering when counts tie.

These counts describe representation in this slice of the ranking. They do not measure a state’s share of national land or population. Compare the first and last county equivalents on this page to inspect land, water, and total area separately.

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Land rankings use original ALAND square meters; total-area rankings use ALAND + AWATER. Exact ties use ascending GEOID. Displayed square-mile values are rounded. Read the methodology.