Oregon County

The Land in Oregon County

Oregon County is remote, deeply forested Ozark country defined by the Eleven Point River and the powerful flow of Greer Spring. Much of the county lies within Mark Twain National Forest, including the rugged Irish Wilderness, giving buyers timbered tracts bordered by vast public land. The steep oak-hickory and pine ridges and cold, spring-fed streams draw floaters, anglers, and hunters after strong whitetail and turkey. Thin, rocky soils keep the working ground in pasture, hay, and cattle in the valleys. Anchored by Alton, this is country for a hunting retreat backed by wilderness, a cold-water river tract, or a secluded recreational holding where clear water and heavy timber carry the value.