THE DALHART LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Canadian/Cimarron High Plains setting.
Dalhart city has 4.78 square miles of land in Dallam County, Hartley County. Its Census reference point is in Canadian/Cimarron High Plains, within High Plains.
Broad, comparatively smooth plains distinguish the High Plains from neighboring broken terrain. The natural grassland setting is drier and higher than the Central Great Plains to the east.
Regional context: High Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Dalhart intersects 2 county geographies: Dallam County, Hartley County. A Dalhart mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Dalhart by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Dalhart, 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, Dalhart city has 68.6% of the land area of nearby Hartley CDP (6.97 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

