Lafayette County

The Land in Lafayette County

Lafayette County rides the south bank of the Missouri River, and that river defines its best ground — deep, productive bottomland that ranks among the region's most fertile row-crop soil. Above the bottoms, the county rolls into bluffs, pasture, and hay ground well suited to cattle. For a land buyer, Lafayette offers real agricultural substance: tillable bottom acres for corn and beans, upland grass for grazing, and timbered river breaks that funnel and hold outstanding whitetail. The combination of rich farmland and hardwood corridors makes it a genuine dual-purpose county — income from the crop ground, recreation from the timber. It appeals to the buyer who wants working farmland with strong hunting built into the same tract.