THE CLIFTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Limestone Cut Plain setting.
Clifton city has 2.21 square miles of land in Bosque County. Its Census reference point is in Limestone Cut Plain, 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
Clifton and Bosque County
Clifton is associated with Bosque 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.
Clifton by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Clifton, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 2% recorded for Bosque County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clifton city has 3.3 times the land area of nearby Mosheim CDP (0.68 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

