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Houston Delaware Map

Explore Houston, Delaware, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Houston, Delaware

How to Use This Houston, Delaware Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Houston, Delaware. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Delaware or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Houston.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Houston
State	Delaware (DE)
County	Sussex 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	Georgetown
School District	Milford School District

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About Houston, Delaware

Houston is a locality in Sussex 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 manifests as a quiet expanse of flat, fertile earth where the Doty Glade traces a singular, winding path through the heavy soil. It lies 13.3 miles southeast of Milford, DE (from Milford, DE: bearing 131°T), and is situated 3.8 miles east of Milton. The landscape remains defined by its proximity to the damp, saline air of Rehoboth Bay, which drifts inland to soften the edges of the fields and cool the horizon. Nearby, the still waters of Holland Pond offer a reflective mirror to the sky, while the dense, shadowed stands of Redden State Forest provide a deep, verdant contrast to the open agricultural plains. To the distant west, the silhouette of Pine Ridge anchors the view, a faint, jagged promise of elevation that never quite reaches the level, salt-kissed horizon of the local terrain. A brief walk leads to the protected grounds of White Pine Cove, where the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples across the tall grasses, lending a solemn grace to the low-lying basin of the Flat Sands.

Houston maintains a rhythm defined by the soil and the legacy of a rural economy that has long favored the steady, industrious work of the broiler-chicken trade. The heritage of the area is etched into the modest architecture and the wide, straight roads that once served as veins for the transport of local harvest toward the markets of the coast. Life in Houston moves with the patience of a season, where the primary concerns remain the health of the land and the endurance of the small-scale commerce that sustains the families residing near Petersfield Island. There is a distinct, unadorned honesty in the way the morning mist clings to the silos and the barns, signaling a day of labor that has changed little in its fundamental character over the generations. The community exists in a quiet dialogue with the environment, shaped by the proximity of the water and the persistent, grounding influence of the surrounding fields.

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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