Mansfield, Texas
Mansfield is a city spread across parts of Tarrant, Johnson, and Ellis counties in the North Texas prairie country of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, lying about 12 miles south of Arlington and roughly 18 miles southeast of Fort Worth. Once a small farming community built around a historic grist mill, it has grown into a residential suburb within the wider Metroplex, its older core preserved near a restored mill along the creek that helped establish the town.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 84,444
- Change from 2020 base
- +16.3%
- Land area
- 36.8 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Ellis County, Johnson County, and Tarrant County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Mansfield crosses county lines, so the appraisal district and tax office depend on the parcel address. School, city-limit, MUD, PID, and other special-district lines can be different too. Start with the full county list below instead of treating one county as the answer.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Mansfield
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Mansfield.
County Origin
Ellis County was carved from Navarro County in 1849
Texas created Ellis County on December 20, 1849, probably naming it for Richard Ellis, who led the 1836 convention that declared Texas independence.
Property Tax Basics
Two different offices handle your property tax in Ellis County
The Ellis County Appraisal District sets your property value, but a separate Tax Assessor-Collector office sends the bill and collects the money.
County History
Johnson County Was Organized in 1854 from Three Older Counties
Johnson County was carved from parts of Ellis, Navarro, and Hill counties in 1854 and has grown from a small frontier settlement to over 150,000 people.
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