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Tex. Local Government Code § 5.901

TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INCORPORATION AS GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

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Tex. Local Government Code § 5.901, TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INCORPORATION AS GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/688283
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A community may not incorporate as a general-law municipality unless it meets the following territorial requirements: (1) a community with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants must have not more than two square miles of surface area; (2) a community with 2,001 to 4,999 inhabitants must have not more than four square miles of surface area; and (3) a community with 5,001 to 9,999 inhabitants must have not more than nine square miles of surface area.