Section 5.901 - Territorial Requirements for Incorporation As General-Law Municipality 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.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 5.901
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.