THE DILLEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub setting.
Dilley city has 2.33 square miles of land in Frio County. Its Census reference point is in Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub, within Southern Texas Plains.
Rolling to dissected plains support the thorny brush landscape associated with South Texas. Mesquite and other shrubs are prominent within this warm transition between grassland and desert regions.
Regional context: Southern Texas Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Dilley and Frio County
Dilley is associated with Frio 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.
Dilley by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Dilley, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Frio County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dilley city has 1.9 times the land area of nearby Hilltop CDP (1.26 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

