THE CAMERON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Marshes setting.
Cameron CDP has 11.4 square miles of land in Cameron Parish. Its Census reference point is in Texas-Louisiana Coastal Marshes, within Western Gulf Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains extend along the western Gulf, contrasting with more irregular inland country. Grassland was the principal natural cover, with river corridors and coastal features adding local variation.
Regional context: Western Gulf Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cameron and Cameron Parish
Cameron is associated with Cameron Parish in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Cameron by land and water
The Census records 1.17 square miles of water within Cameron, or 9.3% of its total area. It is 24.4 percentage points lower than the 33.7% recorded for Cameron Parish. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cameron CDP has 40.7% of the land area of nearby Hackberry CDP (28.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

