Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county, located in the "rolling hills of northwest Tennessee", has a total area of 555 square miles (1,440 km2), of which 545 square miles (1,410 km2) is land and 10 square miles (26 km2) (1.88%) is water.
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