Explore Edcouch, 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 Edcouch, 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 Edcouch.
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 | Edcouch |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.29396 |
| Longitude | -97.960558 |
| Population | 2,732 |
| Density | 1019.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 78538 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Edinburg |
| School District | Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District |
Edcouch manifests as a quiet stretch of fertile earth where the horizon pulls wide and flat under a sky that seems to hold more light than shadow. It lies 9.5 miles north-northeast of Weslaco, TX (from Weslaco, TX: bearing 11°T), and is situated 4.7 miles north of Mila Doce. The landscape remains defined by the persistent geometry of agricultural fields, interrupted only by the occasional verdant cluster of trees that marks a homestead or the subtle, dusty path of the Donna Drain crawling through the lowlands. Six miles to the west, Sunrise Hill offers a rare, modest rise against the expansive prairie, while the waters of Valley Acres Reservoir shimmer with a stillness that mirrors the afternoon heat. Within the local limits, Edcouch City Park provides a necessary green reprieve, its grounds offering a place for the community to gather beneath the expansive, cloud-dappled firmament that dictates the rhythm of the day.
History in this region is written in the furrows of the soil, grounded in an economy that has long looked to the harvest and the resilience of the land to sustain its people. The bilingual pulse of the streets reflects a heritage shaped by generations of labor and the steady, unyielding cycle of the seasons. Life moves with a deliberate pace, colored by the deep, saturated oranges and purples that bleed across the evening sky, turning the irrigation ditches into ribbons of liquid copper. Edcouch maintains a character defined by its pragmatic industry and the quiet dignity of those who work the black, productive dirt, finding beauty in the simple endurance of the fields and the reliable, searing warmth of the sun.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Edcouch, Texas. Coordinates: 26.29396, -97.960558. 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 Edcouch includes the ZIP code (78538), telephone area code (830), county seat of Hidalgo County (Edinburg), and school district assignment (Edcouch-Elsa 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. |