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This addition increased the land area of what was already the largest state in the Union at the time (about 66,500 square miles (172,000 km 2) to Virginia's 65,000 square miles, which then included West Virginia). [32] In the early 1830s, Mormon migrants from northern states and Canada began settling near Independence and areas just north of ...
Land, water and total area by U.S. state, district or territory, sortable State / territory Total area Land area Water area sq mi km 2 sq mi km 2 sq mi km 2 Alaska 665,384
The third region, the lowlands of the south-east and part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, has an area of some 3,000-square-mile (7,800 km 2). It is an undulating country, for the most part well drained, but swampy in its lowest portions.
The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2 ). The largest county is Texas County (1,179 sq mi, 3,054 km 2 ) and the smallest is St. Louis city (61.9 sq mi, 160 km 2 ).
With 8,472 square miles (21,940 km 2) and a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. [2]
It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second-largest in Illinois. ... of which 62 square miles (160 km 2) is land and 4.1 square miles (11 km 2) ...
Downtown Columbia is an area of approximately one square mile surrounded by the University of Missouri on the south, Stephens College to the east, and Columbia College on the north. The area serves as Columbia's financial and business district. [37] Downtown apartment and mixed-use development next to the Missouri United Methodist Church in ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 931 square miles (2,410 km 2), of which 923 square miles (2,390 km 2) is land and 8.0 square miles (21 km 2) (0.9%) is water. [5] It is the fourth-largest county in Missouri by land area and third-largest by total area.