THE GRAND PRAIRIE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Blackland Prairie setting.
Grand Prairie city has 76.5 square miles of land in Dallas County, Ellis County, Johnson County, Tarrant 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. 4 county geographies.
Grand Prairie intersects 4 county geographies: Dallas County, Ellis County, Johnson County, Tarrant County. A Grand Prairie mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Grand Prairie by land and water
The Census records 8.98 square miles of water within Grand Prairie, or 10.5% of its total area. It is 7.8 percentage points higher than the 2.7% recorded for Texas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Grand Prairie city has 79.8% of the land area of nearby Arlington city (95.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

