THE MIDLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Llano Estacado setting.
Midland city has 76.2 square miles of land in Martin County, Midland County. Its Census reference point is in Llano Estacado, within High Plains.
Broad, comparatively smooth plains distinguish the High Plains from neighboring broken terrain. The natural grassland setting is drier and higher than the Central Great Plains to the east.
Regional context: High Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Midland intersects 2 county geographies: Martin County, Midland County. A Midland mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Midland by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Midland, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 2.5 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, Midland city has 6.6 times the land area of nearby Gardendale CDP (11.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

