THE KEMP LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Blackland Prairie setting.
Kemp city has 2.22 square miles of land in Kaufman 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
Kemp and Kaufman County
Kemp is associated with Kaufman 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.
Kemp by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Kemp, or 1.7% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points lower than the 3.3% recorded for Kaufman County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kemp city has 1.8 times the land area of nearby Grays Prairie village (1.22 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

