Houston Delaware Map
Explore Houston, Delaware, with this interactive street and satellite map.
Interactive Map of Houston, Delaware
| City | Houston |
| State | Delaware (DE) |
| County | Kent County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.917349 |
| Longitude | -75.503892 |
| Population | 381 |
| Density | 384.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 19968, 19954 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| County Seat | Dover |
| School District | Milford School District |
About Houston, Delaware
Houston is a locality in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is a small community with a population of 381. The population density is 384.1 people per km². Houston is located at 38.9173°N, 75.5039°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Houston is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 19968, 19954.Houston occupies a quiet expanse of flat, alluvial farmland where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth below. It lies 4.2 miles west of Milford, DE (from Milford, DE: bearing 275°T), and is situated 3.9 miles east of Harrington. The damp, heavy air carries the salt-scent of a distant coast, though the land itself remains defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the nearby Beaverdam Branch. Residents find a familiar stillness in the presence of Blairs Pond, where the water mirrors the shifting gray of the clouds, while the verdant boundaries of Armour Park offer a patch of managed wildness amidst the fields. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Cabin Ridge marks the limit of the view, a reminder of the elevation that Houston lacks in this low, reclaimed plain.
History here is written in the soil and the rhythm of the broiler-chicken industry, which anchors the local economy with the steady hum of agricultural machinery and the turning of the seasons. While the bustle of the distant Mispillion Marina suggests the pull of the tides, life in Houston maintains a grounded, inland composure, far removed from the seasonal flux of the shore. Travelers occasionally pass through on their way to the deeper timber of Ellendale State Forest, leaving the local streets to the quiet persistence of those who call this place home. Even the nearby Ice Cream Island remains an obscure landmark in a landscape where the primary labor is the tending of crops and the maintenance of a simple, enduring way of life.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Armour Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 146° SE
- Southfield (Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 020° N
- Breeders Crown Farms (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 354° N
- Mists at Blairs Pond (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 146° SE
- Griffith Lake (State Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 127° SE
- Abbotts Mill Nature Center (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 146° SE
- Silver Lake (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 095° E
- Milford Movies 9 (Cinema) — 3.9 mi, 074° E
- Mispillion Art League (Gallery) — 4.1 mi, 094° E
- Killens Pond State Park (State Park) — 4.2 mi, 343° N
- Murderkill River Nature Preserve (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 010° N
- Ted Harvey Conservation Area (Wildlife Area) (Marine Protected Area) — 10.2 mi, 024° NE
- Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.3 mi, 013° N
- Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.3 mi, 096° E · 29k acres
- Bowers Beach Maritime Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 029° NE
- Bridgeville Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 204° SW
- U-3A "Blue Canoe" (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 010° N
- UH-1H Iroquois (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 010° N
- C-60 Lodestar (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 011° N
- C-45G Expeditor (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 010° N
- Air Mobility Command Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 010° N
- John Milton Statue (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 133° SE
- Super Cichlids Inc (Aquarium) — 16.4 mi, 001° N
- Johnson Victrola Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 356° N
- Fireman's Memorial (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 357° N
- Liberty Bell Replica (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 357° N
- Biggs Museum of American Art (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 356° N
- Jackson Lane Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.7 mi, 304° NW
- Dover High School Stadium (Stadium) — 18.1 mi, 354° N
- Caroline County Shooting Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.6 mi, 255° W
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About This Houston Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Houston, Delaware. Coordinates: 38.917349, -75.503892. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Houston includes the ZIP code (19968, 19954), telephone area code (302), county seat of Kent County (Dover), and school district assignment (Milford School District).
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
