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Francitas Texas Map

Explore Francitas, 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 Francitas, Texas

How to Use This Francitas, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.859708
Longitude	-96.33858
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77961
Area Code	409
County Seat	Edna

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About Francitas, Texas

Francitas is a locality in Jackson County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Francitas is located at 28.8597°N, 96.3386°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77961.

Francitas rests upon a flat, expansive stretch of South Texas prairie where the horizon seems to pull the sky down until it touches the earth. It lies 23.6 miles south of El Campo, TX (from El Campo, TX: bearing 190°T), and is situated 12.8 miles northwest of Palacios. The landscape is defined by vast, open fields that shimmer under a relentless sun, broken only by the occasional thicket of brush or the quiet, winding path of East Carancahua Creek, which meanders through the landscape just two miles away. In the cooling hours of dusk, the light turns a bruised, dusty gold, casting long shadows that emphasize the subtle, rhythmic undulations of the plains. Far off to the northwest, the land rises slightly toward the distant elevation of Pepper Hill, providing a faint, jagged interruption to the otherwise unbroken flatness of the terrain.

Francitas emerged from the ambitions of early twentieth-century land developers who envisioned a productive agricultural hub, leaving behind a quiet legacy of small-scale farming and rail-bound commerce. The local economy persists in a state of deliberate stillness, rooted in the rhythms of the land and the quiet management of livestock and crops. Residents maintain a steady, unadorned way of life that values privacy and the endurance of the seasons over the frantic pace of larger hubs. While the region is largely defined by its rural solitude, the proximity of Lake Texana and the protected expanse of South House Park offer a sense of scale to the surrounding geography, anchoring Francitas in a landscape that remains largely unchanged by the pressures of modern expansion.

Nearby Outdoor Places

The A. B. Pierce Home (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 085° E
Hotel Blessing (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 083° E
Blessing State Bank (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 083° E
Formosa-Tejano Wetlands Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 8.4 mi, 241° SW
Shark Stadium (Stadium) — 11.9 mi, 149° SE
Palmetto Bend (Local Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 298° NW
Lake Texana (Recreation Area) — 12.5 mi, 297° NW
Historica;Marker (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 098° E
Brackenridge Park (Local Park) — 13.2 mi, 294° NW
Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 13.3 mi, 176° S
Texana Park & Campground (Local Recreation) — 13.6 mi, 299° NW
Mustang Recreation Area (Local Park) — 14.3 mi, 311° NW
Clive Runnells Family Mad Island Marsh Preserve (Conservation Area) — 17.8 mi, 129° SE
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 19.5 mi, 125° SE
Spread Oaks Ranch (Park) — 20.3 mi, 055° NE
Matagorda County Birding Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 21.5 mi, 066° NE
Showplace 3 (Cinema) — 23.2 mi, 007° N
Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 226° SW
Calhoun County Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 226° SW
Metal Rooster (Public Artwork) — 24.5 mi, 069° E
El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 007° N
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.2 mi, 205° SW · 298k acres
Site of Caney Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 30.2 mi, 076° E
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.5 mi, 099° E · 193k acres
Wharton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 024° NE
20th Century Technology Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 024° NE
Egypt Plantation Museum (Museum) — 37.9 mi, 011° N
Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA (Nature Reserve) — 38.8 mi, 231° SW
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 46.9 mi, 216° SW
AMC Classic Brazos 14 (Cinema) — 54.8 mi, 076° E

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