El Cenizo Texas Map
Explore El Cenizo, 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 El Cenizo, Texas
How to Use This El Cenizo, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Cenizo, 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 El Cenizo.
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 | El Cenizo |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Webb County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Matamoros) |
| Latitude | 26.410571 |
| Longitude | -98.915845 |
| Population | 273 |
| Density | 3513.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78046 |
| Area Code | 210, 726 |
| County Seat | Laredo |
| School District | Roma Independent School District |
About El Cenizo, Texas
El Cenizo is a locality in Webb County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 273. The population density is 3513.5 people per km². El Cenizo is located at 26.4106°N, 98.9158°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Matamoros) timezone. ZIP code: 78046.El Cenizo occupies a sun-bleached stretch of South Texas earth where the horizon flattens into a persistent, scrub-dusted expanse. It lies 10.7 miles south of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 175°T), and is situated 1.1 miles southwest of Rio Bravo. The topography here is defined by the heavy, silent presence of the Rio Grande, which carves a deliberate path through the arid brush just one mile from the residence lines. To the east, the Mendez Hills rise as a faint, serrated bruise against the sky, while the air carries the dry, metallic scent of baked limestone and parched mesquite. At the edges of the settlement, the landscape resists the softening influence of rain, demanding a quiet endurance from the grasses that cling to the dusty soil. When the light shifts at dusk, the entire plain takes on a bruised violet hue, turning the local terrain into a vast, shadow-filled theater of silence.
El Cenizo stands as a testament to the resilience of a border-country life, where the local economy is defined by the steady, pragmatic labor of those who navigate the bridge between two distinct cultures. Families here have built a rhythm of existence that remains deeply tied to the land and the nearby Rio Bravo Community Park, a space that serves as a vital anchor for the neighborhood’s social life. Beyond the daily movement of commerce and the persistent hum of vehicles traveling toward larger hubs, the character of El Cenizo is found in the bilingual cadence of its streets and the unpretentious architecture of its houses. Life here is not measured by grand landmarks, but by the slow, deliberate work of maintaining a home in a climate that asks for constant vigilance. Even as the decades pass, the spirit of the place remains fixed in the stubborn, honest labor of its residents and the enduring, sun-scorched plains that surround them.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Garceno Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 271° W
- Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 207° SW
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.6 mi, 234° SW · 277k acres
- Miriam Bale Municipal Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 104° E
- Site of the Mission San Augustin de Laredo a Visita (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 126° SE
- Las Estrellas Preserve (Park) — 4.6 mi, 023° NE
- Nuevo Santander Land Grants (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 263° W
- Old Rio Grande City Cemetery (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 110° E
- Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 340° N
- Falcon State Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 310° NW
- Javelina Ranch (Park) — 29.7 mi, 099° E
- Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 35.8 mi, 115° SE
- Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 117° SE
- Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 37.1 mi, 327° NW
- Shary Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 38.9 mi, 109° E
- Border Theater (Theatre) — 38.9 mi, 110° E
- Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 41.6 mi, 109° E
- R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 43.6 mi, 109° E
- Topgolf (Attraction) — 46.7 mi, 108° E
- Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 099° E
- Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 48.0 mi, 105° E
- Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.9 mi, 116° SE · 4,218 acres
- La Paz Museum (Museum) — 58.4 mi, 334° NW
- The History of Mexico & Mankind (Public Artwork) — 76.9 mi, 101° E
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About This El Cenizo Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Cenizo, Texas. Coordinates: 26.410571, -98.915845. 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 El Cenizo includes the ZIP code (78046), telephone area code (210, 726), county seat of Webb County (Laredo), and school district assignment (Roma 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. |
