Burke Texas Map

About Burke, Texas

Burke is a locality in Angelina County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 691. The population density is 94.7 people per km². Burke is located at 31.2319°N, 94.7685°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burke is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75941.

Burke emerges from the damp, shaded timberland of East Texas, defined by the persistent, dark passage of White Oak Creek as it winds through the heavy soil. It lies 7.7 miles south-southwest of Lufkin, TX (from Lufkin, TX: bearing 198°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south of Hudson. The landscape remains defined by dense thickets and the quiet, persistent growth of pines that catch the amber quality of the afternoon sun, casting long, lean shadows across the earth. Three miles away, Old Orchard Park offers a sanctuary of unmanicured greenery, while five miles to the north, the still surface of Brushy Lake reflects the shifting clouds of the horizon. In the distance, the faint, rounded silhouette of Bill Hill marks the edge of the sky, serving as a silent sentinel over the plains that stretch toward the interior.

Burke carries the quiet endurance of a settlement born from the intersection of rail lines and the timber industry, where the economy once relied on the steady rhythm of the sawmills and the transit of goods. The local character is forged by the intersection of these industrial roots and the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural life, where the land is worked with a focus on patience rather than haste. Life here maintains a grounded, modest texture, marked by the occasional hum of traffic and the persistent presence of the surrounding woods. There is a specific, melancholy beauty in the way the local light settles over the fields at dusk, turning the graying wood of older structures into silver and reminding those who remain that the history of Burke is written in the timber harvested and the soil turned by generations.

About This Burke Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burke, Texas. Coordinates: 31.231854, -94.768541. 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 Burke includes the ZIP code (75941), telephone area code (903), county seat of Angelina County (Lufkin), and school district assignment (Diboll 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.