Ben Arnold Texas Map

About Ben Arnold, Texas

Ben Arnold is a locality in Milam County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 117. The population density is 7.5 people per km². Ben Arnold is located at 30.9512°N, 96.9643°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76519.

Ben Arnold sits upon a quiet expanse of Central Texas earth, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky holds a vast, pale clarity that seems to diminish the weight of the day. It lies 23.0 miles east-southeast of Temple, TX (from Temple, TX: bearing 114°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north of Cameron. The terrain is characterized by the modest, persistent slope of the land, dropping gently toward the winding course of Walkers Creek just a mile away, where the vegetation thickens into a ribbon of deep green against the sun-bleached grasses. To the west, the subtle depression of Dry Hollow offers a slight break in the prairie, and on the clearest afternoons, the distant rise of Wilson Hill anchors the far edge of the view like a thumbprint against the light. The air here carries the scent of dry earth and sun-warmed limestone, a stillness that feels less like emptiness and more like a long, held breath before the evening wind stirs the fields.

Ben Arnold maintains a steady, slow-turning pace, defined by the quiet labor of agriculture and the legacy of its early rail-connected past. The economy relies on the seasonal rhythm of the surrounding fields, where the golden light of late summer reveals the texture of the crops and the enduring persistence of those who work the soil. Residents occasionally look toward the Airport Park Complex for a bit of open space, or travel seventeen miles to the Soil Conservation Service Site 10 Reservoir when the heat demands a respite near the water. Life in Ben Arnold is not marked by the clamor of rapid change, but by the subtle shifts in the color of the plains and the way the shadows grow long and violet across the fence lines as the sun descends.

About This Ben Arnold Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ben Arnold, Texas. Coordinates: 30.95124, -96.964306. 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 Ben Arnold includes the ZIP code (76519), telephone area code (254), county seat of Milam County (Cameron), and school district assignment (Cameron 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.