THE TERRELL COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Stockton Plateau setting.
Terrell County has 2,358 square miles of land in Texas. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Terrell County: Stockton Plateau, Low Mountains and Bajadas, Chihuahuan Basins and Playas.
Desert basins and mountain ranges extend across this region, with the Rio Grande and Pecos as important drainage corridors. Arid shrubland and grassland contrast with wooded higher elevations.
Regional context: Chihuahuan Deserts ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Terrell County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Stockton Plateau55.9%
- Low Mountains and Bajadas29.3%
- Chihuahuan Basins and Playas14.7%
Finding your parcel within Terrell County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Terrell County, including Sanderson. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Terrell County by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Terrell County, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Terrell County’s 0%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Terrell County has 562.5 times the land area of nearby Sanderson CDP (4.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Brewster County, Crockett County, Pecos County, Val Verde County within Texas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

