THE NEW ULM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Post Oak Savanna setting.
New Ulm CDP has 5.36 square miles of land in Austin County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Post Oak Savanna, within East Central Texas Plains.
The Post Oak Savanna's irregular plains form a transition between open prairie and the Piney Woods. Post oak, grassland and locally dense clay subsoils are characteristic regional elements.
Regional context: East Central Texas Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
New Ulm and Austin County
New Ulm is associated with Austin 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.
New Ulm by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within New Ulm, or 1.3% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 1.5% recorded for Austin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Ulm CDP has 5 times the land area of nearby Industry city (1.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

