Geography
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the county has a total area of 928.33 square miles (2,404.4 km2), of which 927.74 square miles (2,402.8 km2) (or 99.94%) is land and 0.59 square miles (1.5 km2) (or 0.06%) is water.
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