THE TEXAS CITY LAND BRIEF
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Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies setting.
Texas City city has 66.3 square miles of land in Chambers County, Galveston County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies, within Western Gulf Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains extend along the western Gulf, contrasting with more irregular inland country. Grassland was the principal natural cover, with river corridors and coastal features adding local variation.
Regional context: Western Gulf Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Texas City intersects 2 county geographies: Chambers County, Galveston County. A Texas City mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Texas City by land and water
The Census records 120.3 square miles of water within Texas City, or 64.5% of its total area. It is 61.8 percentage points higher than the 2.7% recorded for Texas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Texas City city has 13.9 times the land area of nearby San Leon CDP (4.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.