THE SCHERTZ LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Blackland Prairie setting.
Schertz city has 37.9 square miles of land in Bexar County, Comal County, Guadalupe County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Blackland Prairie, within Texas Blackland Prairies.
Fine-textured clay soils distinguish the Blackland Prairie landscape from surrounding Texas regions. Its historic prairie setting now includes a mixture of agricultural areas and expanding developed corridors.
Regional context: Texas Blackland Prairies ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 3 county geographies.
Schertz intersects 3 county geographies: Bexar County, Comal County, Guadalupe County. A Schertz mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Schertz by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Schertz, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 2.2 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, Schertz city has 1.8 times the land area of nearby Cibolo city (21.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

