Appleby Texas Map

About Appleby, Texas

Appleby is a locality in Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 552. The population density is 99.0 people per km². Appleby is located at 31.7163°N, 94.6049°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Appleby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75965.

Appleby unfolds across a landscape where the earth settles into quiet, verdant swells, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate passage of the Bayou oa Nana. It lies 8.3 miles north-northeast of Nacogdoches, TX (from Nacogdoches, TX: bearing 21°T), and is situated 27.1 miles north-northeast of Lufkin. The moisture-heavy air here clings to the soil, supporting a dense canopy of hardwoods that seem to drink the sunlight, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Elkins Mountains provides a jagged contrast to the softer, immediate horizon. On late summer afternoons, the light turns a deep, bruised amber, catching the tall grasses that lean toward the water’s edge, creating a stillness that feels heavy with the weight of the coming evening. Only three miles away, the surface of Curtis Smith Lake remains undisturbed, a mirror for the shifting clouds that drift over the inland plains, far removed from the clamor of the world beyond.

Appleby carries the quiet persistence of a place shaped by the rhythms of the land, where the local economy has long been tethered to the cycles of timber and the modest yield of the surrounding fields. The history of the area is not written in grand monuments but in the weathered fence lines and the slow encroachment of the forest upon older, forgotten homesteads. Residents often look toward Maroney Park for a reprieve from the daily labor, finding a sense of scale in the trees that have stood long before the current roads were paved. Life here moves with a steady, unhurried cadence, marked by the changing seasons rather than the demands of a clock, preserving a character that remains stubbornly rooted in the clay and pine of this particular corner of the world.

About This Appleby Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Appleby, Texas. Coordinates: 31.716288, -94.604931. 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 Appleby includes the ZIP code (75965), telephone area code (903), county seat of Nacogdoches County (Nacogdoches), and school district assignment (Nacogdoches Independent 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.