THE EMPIRE CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cross Timbers Transition setting.
Empire City town has 9.32 square miles of land in Stephens County. Its Census reference point is in Cross Timbers Transition, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Empire City and Stephens County
Empire City is associated with Stephens 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.
Empire City by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Empire City, or 1.8% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 2.4% recorded for Stephens County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Empire City town has 21.7% of the land area of nearby Duncan city (42.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

