THE LAKE DALLAS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Cross Timbers setting.
Lake Dallas city has 2.43 square miles of land in Denton County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Cross Timbers, 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
Lake Dallas and Denton County
Lake Dallas is associated with Denton 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.
Lake Dallas by land and water
The Census records 0.32 square miles of water within Lake Dallas, or 11.7% of its total area. It is 4 percentage points higher than the 7.7% recorded for Denton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lake Dallas city has 49.4% of the land area of nearby Hickory Creek town (4.92 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

