THE EARL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Cross Timbers setting.
Earl CDP has 0.3 square miles of land in Johnston County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Cross Timbers, within Cross Timbers.
The Cross Timbers mark a transition from prairie to more wooded eastern landscapes. Native grassland is interspersed with post oak and blackjack oak, creating a woodland-and-open-country mosaic.
Regional context: Cross Timbers ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Earl and Johnston County
Earl is associated with Johnston County 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.
Earl by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Earl, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 2 percentage points lower than the 2.3% recorded for Johnston County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Earl CDP has 9.9% of the land area of nearby Mannsville town (3.04 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

