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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-09-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000097517</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TEXAS PACIFIC LAND TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TPL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001056823</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HORIZON KINETICS ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>470 PARK AVENUE SOUTH</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>4TH FLOOR SOUTH</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10016</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-09-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>49</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>653.89</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>301023</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This figure excludes approximately 1,469,913 shares (as of 07/30/19) for which the Investment Manager does not have a pecuniary interest and also excludes shares purchased by portfolio managers and other employees of the firm for their personal accounts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Kinetics Asset Management LLC and Kinetics Advisers LLC reorganized into Horizon Asset Management LLC in April of 2019.  Horizon Asset Management LLC was then renamed Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC.  Kinetics Asset Management LLC and Kinetics Advisers LLC and Horizon Asset Management LLC were all wholly owned subsidiaries of Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC will remain a wholly owned subsidiary.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Jay Kesslen</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-09-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
