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==Geography==

==Geography==

Cape Girardeau County is located in southeastern Missouri, with its eastern border formed by the Mississippi River. It is bordered on the north by Perry County, on the east by the state of [[Illinois]], on the south by [[Scott County, Missouri|Scott County]], on the southwest by [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], and on the west by [[Bollinger County, Missouri|Bollinger County]].  

Cape Girardeau County is located in southeastern Missouri, with its eastern border formed by the Mississippi River. It is bordered on the north by [[Perry County, Missouri|Perry County]] on the east by the state of [[Illinois]], on the south by [[Scott County, Missouri|Scott County]], on the southwest by [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], and on the west by [[Bollinger County, Missouri|Bollinger County]].  

The county has a total area of 586.33 square miles, including 578.54 of land and 7.79 of water.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt</ref> Most of the county is part of the foothills of the Ozark Plateau, characterized by low, rolling hills that gradually become more rugged to the north and west. The highest point of the county, an unnamed peak 820 feet above sea level, is located near Trail of Tears State Park in the east-central portion. South of the Mississippi Escarpment, which runs from just south of Cape Girardeau west through Dutchtown and Whitewater and marks the southeastern edge of the Ozarks, is the generally flat and lower-lying Mississippi Alluvial Plain (though broken near Delta by Hickory Ridge, an outcropping of Crowley's Ridge). The lowest point is about 325 feet above sea level, near the border with Scott County.<ref>https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=22217</ref>

The county has a total area of 586.33 square miles, including 578.54 of land and 7.79 of water.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt</ref> Most of the county is part of the foothills of the Ozark Plateau, characterized by low, rolling hills that gradually become more rugged to the north and west. The highest point of the county, an unnamed peak 820 feet above sea level, is located near Trail of Tears State Park in the east-central portion. South of the Mississippi Escarpment, which runs from just south of Cape Girardeau west through Dutchtown and Whitewater and marks the southeastern edge of the Ozarks, is the generally flat and lower-lying Mississippi Alluvial Plain (though broken near Delta by Hickory Ridge, an outcropping of Crowley's Ridge). The lowest point is about 325 feet above sea level, near the border with Scott County.<ref>https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=22217</ref>