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Anson Texas Map

Explore Anson, Texas, 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 Anson, Texas

How to Use This Anson, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Anson, Texas. 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 Texas 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 Anson.

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	Anson
State	Texas (TX)
County	Jones County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.756504
Longitude	-99.896207
Population	2,294
Density	320.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79501
Area Code	806
County Seat	Anson
School District	Anson Independent School District

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About Anson, Texas

Anson is a locality in Jones County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,294. The population density is 320.9 people per km². Anson is located at 32.7565°N, 99.8962°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Anson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79501.

Anson emerges from the vast, dry expanse of the plains as a collection of low-slung structures held fast against the wide, unrelenting sky. It lies 23.3 miles north-northwest of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 336°T), and is situated 14.1 miles south-southwest of Stamford. The earth here is a palette of dusty ochre and muted browns, where the horizon stretches flat and unbroken until the distant, hazy silhouette of Flat Top Mountain suggests a shift in the tectonic patience of the land. Carter Creek carves a shallow, intermittent vein through the scrub brush just a mile from the center, its banks marked by the silvered trunks of thirsty trees that lean toward the infrequent moisture. Two miles to the south, the waters of Anson South Lake hold the reflection of the clouds, a still, pale mirror caught in the grasp of the prairie grass that shivers under the persistent, dry winds.

Agriculture and the steady, rhythmic labor of the oil patch define the pulse of Anson, where the economy remains tied to the hard-won yields of the soil and the deep, unseen reservoirs beneath the bedrock. The settlement grew from the raw ambition of those who surveyed these plains to tame the wilder stretches of the frontier, leaving behind a legacy of resilience that persists in the quiet, focused cadence of daily business. Residents look toward Unknown Park, fourteen miles away, as a rare sanctuary where the native flora remains undisturbed by the plow or the pump. Life in Anson moves with the deliberate gravity of a place that understands the value of waiting for the rain, finding a singular, stark beauty in the way the twilight light turns the surrounding fields into a sea of liquid copper.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fort Phantom Hill, C.S.A. (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 241° SW
Jones County (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 244° SW
Anson Opera House (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 306° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.8 mi, 021° N
City Park (Local Park) — 14.1 mi, 025° NE
Cowboy Country Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 023° NE
Fort Phantom Hill (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 122° SE
Johnson Park (Local Recreation) — 15.7 mi, 129° SE
Sea Bee Park (Local Recreation) — 18.3 mi, 146° SE
Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 20.9 mi, 155° SE
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 154° SE
Behrens Auditorium (Theatre) — 21.5 mi, 154° SE
Van Ellis Theatre (Theatre) — 21.5 mi, 154° SE
Morgan Jones Planetarium (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 159° S
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 22.4 mi, 151° SE
Jacob's Dream (Public Artwork) — 22.8 mi, 151° SE
Women for Abilene Christian University Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 152° SE
The Old Jail Art Center (Arts Centre) — 30.0 mi, 090° E
Abilene State Park (State Park) — 34.8 mi, 180° S
Flying “A” Car Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 094° E
Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 237° SW
CCC Stonework (Historic Ruins) — 35.9 mi, 178° S
Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch (W.T. Martin Ranch) (Park) — 37.1 mi, 263° W
Officer’s Quarters (Historic Ruins) — 40.3 mi, 073° E
Lake Colorado City State Park (State Park) — 66.3 mi, 245° SW
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 78.5 mi, 312° NW · 14k acres

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