THE AUSTIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Blackland Prairie setting.
Austin city has 325 square miles of land in Bastrop County, Hays County, Travis County, Williamson County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Blackland Prairie, within Texas Blackland Prairies.
Fine-textured clay soils distinguish the Blackland Prairie landscape from surrounding Texas regions. Its historic prairie setting now includes a mixture of agricultural areas and expanding developed corridors.
Regional context: Texas Blackland Prairies ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 4 county geographies.
Austin intersects 4 county geographies: Bastrop County, Hays County, Travis County, Williamson County. A Austin mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Austin by land and water
The Census records 6.56 square miles of water within Austin, or 2% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points lower than the 2.7% recorded for Texas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Austin city has 465 times the land area of nearby Rollingwood city (0.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

