THE BURLESON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Cross Timbers setting.
Burleson city has 29.3 square miles of land in Johnson County, Tarrant 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Burleson intersects 2 county geographies: Johnson County, Tarrant County. A Burleson mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Burleson by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Burleson, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 2.5 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, Burleson city has 26.3 times the land area of nearby Briaroaks city (1.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

