Butler County, Missouri

Butler County

Southeast Lowlands

Where the delta lifts into the Ozark foothills — farm ground and timber together.

Southeast Lowlands (Bootheel)

The Land in Butler County

Butler County anchors the western edge of the Bootheel, where the flat delta gives way to the first rise of the Ozark foothills. The result is a working blend of terrain: fertile row-crop bottoms along the Black River paired with rolling timbered ground to the west and north. That mix makes Butler appealing to buyers who want productive farmland and hunting cover on the same tract. The bottoms grow soybeans, corn, rice, and cotton, while the wooded uplands and river corridors hold whitetail and turkey. Waterfowl work the flooded fields and sloughs in season. For a buyer chasing both income and recreation, Butler offers a foot in each world without leaving southeast Missouri.

Terrain
Level river bottoms rising to timbered Ozark foothills
Land Use
Row crops in the bottoms; timber and pasture in the uplands
Water
Black River and its bottoms
Recreation
Whitetail, turkey, and waterfowl
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By the Numbers

Butler County Land Market

51
Active Listings
+ 6 pending
$406K
Avg List Price
$9K – $1.5M
154 days
Avg Days on Market
Current active
38
Sold · 12 Months
Closed transactions
$296K
Avg Sold Price
Last 12 months
$5,300
Median $ / Acre
Sold land · 12 mo

Land, farm & acreage (5+ acres) in Butler County. Sold figures reflect closed MLS transactions over the trailing 12 months; median $/acre is based on raw land without a dwelling. Source: MARIS MLS.

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