Explore China Grove, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for China Grove, 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 China Grove.
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 | China Grove |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Scurry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.392923 |
| Longitude | -98.345575 |
| Population | 1,141 |
| Density | 102.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 77583, 79526, 78263 |
| Area Code | 806, 210, 726 |
| County Seat | Snyder |
| School District | East Central Independent School District |
China Grove occupies a flat expanse of South Texas prairie where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a relentless, expansive sky. It lies 14.2 miles south-southeast of Snyder, TX (from Snyder, TX: bearing 156°T), and is situated 10.2 miles north-northeast of Colorado City. The land here leans toward a quiet, sun-baked resilience, defined by the dry passage of Wildcat Draw five miles away and the modest, persistent flow of Little Sulphur Creek, which carves a shallow, verdant path through the mesquite-dotted terrain just a mile from the center. Light in the late afternoon possesses a heavy, amber quality, catching the dust of the plains and turning the ubiquitous scrub brush into silhouettes of charcoal and gold. Far to the northwest, the distant, hazy suggestion of the Edwards Plateau lingers like a memory of higher ground, reminding those who inhabit these lowlands that the earth here is sedimentary and soft, built on the slow accumulation of ancient silt rather than the tectonic violence of the peaks.
China Grove holds the quiet rhythm of a place that grew out of the intersection of rail lines and the steady, unsung labor of agricultural life. The local economy remains tethered to the pragmatic needs of the region, balancing the remnants of its rural heritage with the slow, inevitable reach of suburban expansion. Residents carry a sense of connection to the surrounding geography, whether they are navigating the open roads or spending a weekend afternoon at Ruddick Park, which offers a rare, cultivated relief from the wilder, sun-bleached stretches of the county. Despite the proximity to the bustling sprawl of nearby urban centers, the identity of China Grove remains distinct, rooted in the everyday mechanics of school schedules, local trade, and the collective habit of looking toward the horizon to gauge the arrival of the next rain. Even the waters of Little Blue Hole, eight miles away, serve as a quiet destination for those seeking the stillness of the inland plains, far removed from the clamor of the world beyond the county line.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of China Grove, Texas. Coordinates: 29.392923, -98.345575. 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 China Grove includes the ZIP code (77583, 79526, 78263), telephone area code (806, 210, 726), county seat of Scurry County (Snyder), and school district assignment (East Central Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |