Elbert Texas Map

About Elbert, Texas

Elbert is a locality in Throckmorton County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 29. The population density is 1.9 people per km². Elbert is located at 33.2748°N, 99.0021°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76372.

Elbert occupies a quiet expanse of north-central Texas where the persistent flow of Boggy Creek dictates the pace of the surrounding prairie. It lies 53.2 miles south-southwest of Wichita Falls, TX (from Wichita Falls, TX: bearing 213°T), and is situated 15.7 miles west-southwest of Olney. The land here stretches out in broad, unhurried strokes, defined by the low, sun-bleached grasses and the occasional stubborn mesquite that anchors the soil against the relentless heat. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Belknap Mountains rises against the horizon like a broken promise of higher ground, while the nearby depressions of Coon Hollow collect the seasonal runoff that feeds the soil. When the light dips low in the evening, the entire landscape takes on the color of weathered copper, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward Keeter Lake, which waits six miles away as a cool, still weight upon the earth.

Elbert grew from the hard necessity of the frontier, a place where the economy has long been tethered to the iron-willed efforts of those who work the ranchland and the fertile patches of the plains. The pulse of the locality remains steady, tied to the rhythms of seasonal harvest and the slow, cyclical maintenance of fences and livestock that define the local toil. Residents often look toward the quiet reaches of Griffin Park for a reprieve from the labor of the day, finding a stillness in the brush that mirrors the stoic character of the local population. History here is not written in grand monuments but in the rusted remnants of homesteads and the enduring resilience of families who have chosen to remain on this particular patch of soil, content with a life measured by the quality of the rain and the steady turning of the seasons.

About This Elbert Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elbert, Texas. Coordinates: 33.274758, -99.002109. 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 Elbert includes the ZIP code (76372), telephone area code (817), county seat of Throckmorton County (Throckmorton), and school district assignment (Throckmorton Collegiate 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.