THE NIXON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Post Oak Savanna setting.
Nixon city has 1.56 square miles of land in Gonzales County, Wilson 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Nixon intersects 2 county geographies: Gonzales County, Wilson County. A Nixon mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Nixon by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Nixon, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 2.4 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, Nixon city has 3 times the land area of nearby Smiley city (0.52 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

