THE ROANOKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Grand Prairie setting.
Roanoke city has 6.89 square miles of land in Denton County, Tarrant County. Its Census reference point is in Grand Prairie, 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Roanoke intersects 2 county geographies: Denton County, Tarrant County. A Roanoke mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Roanoke by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Roanoke, or 1% of its total area. It is 1.8 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, Roanoke city has 1 times the land area of nearby Westlake town (6.88 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

