sentences:  The southern part of the county has better natural drainage, and this area was first cleared for agriculture.Much of the rest of the county tended to be swampy due to the level ground and lack of sufficient natural waterways, so drainage channels had to be dug to make the land suitable for farming.According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of , of which (or 99.99%) is land and (or 0.01%) is water.