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Danciger Texas Map

Explore Danciger, 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.

Interactive Map of Danciger, Texas

How to Use This Danciger, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Danciger, 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 Danciger.

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.

CityDanciger
StateTexas (TX)
CountyBrazoria County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude29.171638
Longitude-95.818841
Population480
Density8.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes77480, 77431
Area Code281
County SeatAngleton

About Danciger, Texas

Danciger is a locality in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Danciger is located at 29.1716°N, 95.8188°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 77480, 77431.

Danciger holds a quiet authority over the flat, expansive plains where the dark, sluggish waters of Dance Bayou carve a path through the dense, verdant brush. It lies 15.9 miles northeast of Bay City, TX (from Bay City, TX: bearing 35°T), and is situated 19.7 miles east-southeast of Wharton. The air here possesses a heavy, humid stillness, often shimmering with a golden, liquid heat that seems to suspend the very passage of time above the tall grasses. To the north, the solitary rise of Damon Mound breaks the horizon, a subtle geological variation in an otherwise level expanse that stretches toward the distant, silhouetted tree lines. Within this terrain, the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge provides a vast, protected sanctuary where the land retains its raw, untamed character, untouched by the frantic pace of modern development.

Danciger serves as a modest gateway to the broader natural expanse, its history rooted in the quiet labor of those who worked the surrounding timber and fields. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the land, defined by the steady, industrious pulse of agriculture and the extraction of mineral resources that have long sustained the region. While the residents look toward the distant presence of Cannon Gully or the seasonal stillness of Flag Pond, the daily life of Danciger is marked by a deliberate, unadorned simplicity. It is a place where the weight of the past lingers in the weathered fences and the enduring, slow-moving currents of the bayou, creating an atmosphere of profound, solitary endurance that defines the character of the settlement.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.0 mi, 192° S · 193k acres
  • Us-Tx-73-1 (Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 345° N
  • Phillips Family Cemetery (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 101° E
  • Us-Tx-142-4 (Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 341° N
  • Styner Tract (Park) — 7.0 mi, 159° S
  • Sweeny Plantation (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 148° SE
  • W. H. Abrams Well No. 1 (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 090° E
  • Hanson Riverside County Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 116° SE
  • First Capitol Park (Local Park) — 10.6 mi, 097° E
  • Columbia Historical Museum Association (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 100° E
  • Spread Oaks Ranch (Park) — 13.6 mi, 241° SW
  • Palapa Table for James Richard Marmion (Public Artwork) — 13.7 mi, 131° SE
  • Site of Caney Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 14.6 mi, 188° S
  • Matagorda County Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 213° SW
  • Brazos Bend State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 038° NE
  • Nannie M. Stringfellow Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.0 mi, 146° SE
  • Wharton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 306° NW
  • 20th Century Technology Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 306° NW
  • AMC Classic Brazos 14 (Cinema) — 23.3 mi, 111° E
  • 1930s George Cattle Complex (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 020° N
  • Cowboy Barns and Working Pens (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 020° N
  • Fort Bend County Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 001° N
  • Alden B. Dow Office Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 112° E
  • Line Camp (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 020° N
  • Fairgrounds Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 24.2 mi, 093° E
  • Justin Hurst Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 24.7 mi, 126° SE
  • Sea Center Texas (Aquarium) — 24.9 mi, 115° SE
  • Mamoth Lake Basin (Historic Ruins) — 26.0 mi, 112° E
  • Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.4 mi, 093° E · 140k acres
  • Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 34.7 mi, 200° S

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About This Danciger Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Danciger, Texas. Coordinates: 29.171638, -95.818841. 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 Danciger includes the ZIP code (77480, 77431), telephone area code (281), county seat of Brazoria County (Angleton), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.