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Desdemona Texas Map

Explore Desdemona, 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 Desdemona, Texas

How to Use This Desdemona, Texas Map

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

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	Desdemona
State	Texas (TX)
County	Eastland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.270414
Longitude	-98.55033
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	76445
Area Code	254
County Seat	Eastland

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About Desdemona, Texas

Desdemona is a locality in Eastland County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Desdemona is located at 32.2704°N, 98.5503°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76445.

Desdemona occupies a quiet stretch of earth where the persistent flow of Hog Creek carves a path through the stubborn, sun-baked soil of the prairie. It lies 20.6 miles west of Stephenville, TX (from Stephenville, TX: bearing 280°T), and is situated 10.1 miles northwest of Highland. The landscape here is defined by broad, open vistas that catch the golden, heavy light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the fields that extend toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau. Rainfall collects in the low-lying basins, feeding the landscape near Soil Conservation Service Site 4 Reservoir, where the stillness of the water reflects a sky that seems wider and more profound than anywhere else. During the quiet hours, the air carries a faint, earthy scent of dry grass and limestone, a reminder of the ancient, slow-moving geology that anchors Desdemona to this inland expanse.

Desdemona rose from the raw potential of the earth, its identity forged in the sudden, frantic energy of an early twentieth-century oil boom that transformed a pastoral settlement into a bustling center of industry. While the derricks have long since faded into rust and memory, the residual rhythm of the place remains tethered to the land, shifting between the cycles of agriculture and the tempered patience of a quiet existence. Residents often find their way toward Dam Park for a moment of respite, acknowledging the legacy of a boom that once promised the world but ultimately settled into a steady, unassuming endurance. Desdemona persists as a study in contrast, where the echoes of a high-stakes past linger in the silence of the surrounding fields, and the daily life of the inhabitants moves with the deliberate, unforced grace of a place that has seen its own transformation and found peace in the aftermath.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fort Blair, C.S.A. (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 204° SW
Desdemona First Baptist Church (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 037° NE
Desdemona Cemetery (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 201° S
Dam Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 311° NW
Proctor Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 178° S
Proctor Lake (Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 175° S
Campbell's Tomato Soup (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 303° NW
Ol' Rip (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 300° NW
Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 300° NW
Thurber Smokestack (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 026° NE
Municipal Baseball And Softball Complex And Fields (Local Recreation) — 18.5 mi, 297° NW
Art Briles Stadium (Stadium) — 18.6 mi, 103° E
Ringling Lake Park (Local Park) — 19.1 mi, 303° NW
Stephenville Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 19.2 mi, 097° E
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 19.5 mi, 101° E
John Tarleton Ranch House (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 099° E
Center Grove Schoolhouse (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 099° E
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.8 mi, 099° E
Roger R Fawcett Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.2 mi, 040° NE
Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 194° S
McGillivray and Leona McKie Muse Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 30.7 mi, 212° SW
Muse Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 31.2 mi, 213° SW
Museum of Aircraft Perservation (Museum) — 37.1 mi, 327° NW
Swenson Memorial Museum (Museum) — 39.3 mi, 329° NW
Lake Brownwood State Park (State Park) — 39.4 mi, 224° SW
Breckenridge Aviation Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 328° NW
Possum Kingdom State Park (State Park) — 39.7 mi, 358° N
OA Field (Theatre) — 40.5 mi, 006° N
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (Park) — 43.1 mi, 100° E
Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 44.9 mi, 034° NE

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