THE HICO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Limestone Cut Plain setting.
Hico city has 1.82 square miles of land in Erath County, Hamilton 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Hico intersects 2 county geographies: Erath County, Hamilton County. A Hico mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Hico by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Hico, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 2.7 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, Hico city has 4.1 times the land area of nearby Iredell city (0.45 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

