THE SULPHUR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Cross Timbers setting.
Sulphur city has 6.03 square miles of land in Murray County. Its Census reference point is in Northern 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
Sulphur and Murray County
Sulphur is associated with Murray 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.
Sulphur by land and water
The Census records 0.18 square miles of water within Sulphur, or 2.8% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points higher than the 2.1% recorded for Murray County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sulphur city has 15.9 times the land area of nearby Dougherty town (0.38 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

