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About Blue, Texas

Blue is a locality in Lee County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 491. Blue is located at 30.3919°N, 97.1475°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78947.

Blue emerges from the undulating prairie as a quiet confluence of earth and sky, defined by the persistent, winding path of Burns Branch as it cuts through the local topography. It lies 13.6 miles east-northeast of Elgin, TX (from Elgin, TX: bearing 78°T), and is situated 19.9 miles southeast of Taylor. The landscape here is characterized by the modest elevation of Clay Hill, which interrupts the flat horizon and offers a vantage point over the dry, sun-baked grasses that stretch toward the distant silhouette of The Yegua Knobbs Preserve. In the height of summer, the air over Blue turns thick and heavy with the scent of parched soil and wild sage, while the light at dusk settles in long, bruised ribbons of violet and gold across the fields. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land falls away into the quiet, shadowed depression of Big Hollow, where the silence is as deep as the loam itself.

Agriculture and the slow, deliberate work of the land have long dictated the pace of life in Blue, where the rhythm of the seasons remains the primary clock. While the Soil Conservation Service Site 21 Reservoir waits eleven miles away to catch the runoff of a rainy season, the local economy continues to lean on the resilience of cattle grazing and the stubborn productivity of small-scale farming. History here is written in the rusted wire of old fences and the weathered timber of structures that have stood against the wind for generations, marking a legacy of endurance rather than expansion. Blue maintains a character defined by this isolation, a place where the modern world feels like a distant hum, leaving the inhabitants to contend only with the shifting patterns of the clouds and the steady, unyielding growth of the brush.

About This Blue Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blue, Texas. Coordinates: 30.391875, -97.147489. 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 Blue includes the ZIP code (78947), telephone area code (830), county seat of Lee County (Giddings), and school district assignment.

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.