Geography
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the county has a total area of 455.18 square miles (1,178.9 km2), of which 454.18 square miles (1,176.3 km2) (or 99.78%) is land and 1.00 square mile (2.6 km2) (or 0.22%) is water.
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