THE MORRIS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tertiary Uplands setting.
Morris County has 252 square miles of land in Texas. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Morris County: Tertiary Uplands, Northern Post Oak Savanna, Floodplains and Low Terraces.
The Piney Woods occupy irregular plains at the western edge of the southern forest belt. Pine and hardwood landscapes alternate with wider river corridors such as the Red River valley.
Regional context: South Central Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Morris County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Tertiary Uplands69.4%
- Northern Post Oak Savanna21.7%
- Floodplains and Low Terraces9%
East Central Texas Plains in Morris County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Morris County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Morris County, including Hughes Springs, Daingerfield, Naples. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Morris County by land and water
The Census records 6.71 square miles of water within Morris County, or 2.6% of its total area. That share is close to Morris County’s 2.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Morris County has 173.5 times the land area of nearby Omaha city (1.45 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bowie County, Camp County, Cass County, Marion County, Red River County, Titus County, Upshur County within Texas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

