THE MASON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Edwards Plateau Woodland setting.
Mason County has 928.8 square miles of land in Texas. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Mason County: Edwards Plateau Woodland, Llano Uplift.
A limestone plateau becomes more dissected toward its southern and eastern margins. Juniper-oak and mesquite-oak landscapes accompany valleys, springs and the region's distinctive underground drainage system.
Regional context: Edwards Plateau ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Mason County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Edwards Plateau Woodland52.3%
- Llano Uplift47.7%
Finding your parcel within Mason County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Mason County, including Mason. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Mason County by land and water
The Census records 3.38 square miles of water within Mason County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Mason County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mason County has 254.3 times the land area of nearby Mason city (3.65 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Gillespie County, Kimble County, Llano County, McCulloch County, Menard County, San Saba County within Texas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

