Coyote Flats, Texas
Coyote Flats is a small city in Johnson County, in the rolling ranch and prairie land of North Texas about 28 miles south of Fort Worth. The surrounding terrain is open country on the southern fringe of the Fort Worth metropolitan area. It is a small rural residential community within the wider Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 297
- Change from 2020 base
- +12.1%
- Land area
- 1.8 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- 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
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Johnson County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Coyote Flats
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Coyote Flats.
State Park
Cleburne State Park Surrounds a Spring-Fed Lake Near Town
Cleburne State Park wraps trails, campsites, and a bit of New Deal stonework around a clear, spring-fed 116-acre lake.
Property Tax
Property Taxes Have Two Front Doors in Johnson County
Johnson County's appraisal district handles values, exemptions, and protests. The county tax office handles bills and payments for the taxing units it serves.
Fishing
Lake Pat Cleburne Is the City's Catfish Lake
Cleburne owns this roughly 1,560-acre reservoir on the Nolan River, where catfish are the clearest fishing draw.
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