THE REFUGIO COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies setting.
Refugio County has 770.5 square miles of land in Texas. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Refugio County: Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies, Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes, Floodplains and Low Terraces.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Refugio County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies91.9%
- Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes6.4%
- Floodplains and Low Terraces1.7%
Finding your parcel within Refugio County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Refugio County, including Refugio, Tivoli, Bayside. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Refugio County by land and water
The Census records 47.8 square miles of water within Refugio County, or 5.8% of its total area. That share is close to Refugio County’s 5.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Refugio County has 489.8 times the land area of nearby Refugio town (1.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Aransas County, Bee County, Calhoun County, Goliad County, San Patricio County, Victoria County within Texas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.