Cross Timber Texas Map

About Cross Timber, Texas

Cross Timber is a locality in Johnson County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 362. The population density is 99.1 people per km². Cross Timber is located at 32.4832°N, 97.3259°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cross Timber is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76028.

Cross Timber maintains a quiet presence where the land transitions into the stubborn, scrubby thickets that define the regional ecology. Village Creek winds through the terrain, its banks carving a path through earth that remains firm and unyielding under the heat of the afternoon sun. The horizon stays wide and open, though the distant, hazy silhouette of Devils Backbone occasionally reminds the eye of the rugged topography that waits far beyond the local plains. At Heritage Village Park, the atmosphere settles into a stillness that feels heavy with the scent of dry grass and impending dusk, where the light turns a bruised, dusty violet that seems to cling to the bark of the post oaks.

Cross Timber reflects the slow, deliberate evolution of an inland settlement that has seen the transition from agrarian roots to the steady pulse of modern commerce. The economy here moves with a pragmatic rhythm, tethered to the regional industries that support the surrounding expanse and keep the local streets functional and modest. While Benbrook Lake sits only a few miles away, providing a vast, reflective mirror for the sky, the true character of Cross Timber is found in the everyday persistence of its residents. Life here proceeds without fanfare, anchored by the shared knowledge of a landscape that is both harsh and deeply familiar, where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the subtle shifting of shadows across the fields.

About This Cross Timber Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cross Timber, Texas. Coordinates: 32.483239, -97.325928. 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 Cross Timber includes the ZIP code (76028), telephone area code (817, 682), county seat of Johnson County (Cleburne), and school district assignment (Joshua 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.