Venus, Texas
Venus is a small town in Johnson County, in the North Texas prairie country about 21 miles south of Arlington and roughly 26 miles southeast of Fort Worth. It lies in the rolling farmland at the southern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, an old agricultural community that has grown as suburban development spreads outward along the interstate corridors.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- Town
- July 2025 population
- 8,870
- Change from 2020 base
- +95.7%
- Land area
- 4.8 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Ellis County and Johnson 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
Venus 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 Venus
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Venus.
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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