THE COPPELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Blackland Prairie setting.
Coppell city has 14.4 square miles of land in Dallas County, Denton 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. 2 county geographies.
Coppell intersects 2 county geographies: Dallas County, Denton County. A Coppell mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Coppell by land and water
The Census records 0.31 square miles of water within Coppell, or 2.1% of its total area. It is 0.6 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, Coppell city has 44.8% of the land area of nearby Grapevine city (32.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

