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Fronton Texas Map

Explore Fronton, 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 Fronton, Texas

How to Use This Fronton, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	26.425525
Longitude	-99.07607
Population	172
Density	158.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78584
Area Code	830
County Seat	Rio Grande City
School District	Roma Independent School District

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About Fronton, Texas

Fronton is a locality in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 172. The population density is 158.9 people per km². Fronton is located at 26.4255°N, 99.0761°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78584.

Fronton rests upon a sun-bleached expanse where the low-slung horizon meets the wide, slow-moving currents of the Rio Grande. It lies 4.2 miles west of Roma, TX (from Roma, TX: bearing 272°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west of Escobares.

The landscape surrounding Fronton is defined by the scrub-dusted earth of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, where the thin, persistent shade of mesquite trees offers a fragile respite from the relentless heat. To the north, the solitary rise of Gongora Hill breaks the flatness of the plains, a silent sentinel overlooking the brush. Even the air here carries a heavy, terrestrial stillness, sharpened by the scent of dry soil and the faint, dusty drift of seeds caught in the wind. As the sun dips toward the distant, unseen curves of the terrain, the light turns a bruised gold, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the land more firmly to the earth than the daylight ever allows.

History in Fronton flows with the river, lingering in the quiet endurance of families who have worked these arid corridors for generations. The local economy remains tied to the rhythms of the land, with agriculture and the quiet persistence of ranching shaping the daily routine of those who call the borderlands home. The proximity to Arroyo Roma and the presence of the Falcon Reservoir eleven miles away dictate the seasonal pulse of the region, where water is not merely a resource but a precious, guarded necessity. Here, the culture is a quiet intermingling of languages and traditions, a Tex-Mex heritage that feels as sturdy and unadorned as the barbed wire fences crossing the prairie. Life in Fronton moves without urgency, measured by the slow migration of birds through the refuge and the steady, reliable turn of the seasons across the brush.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.8 mi, 261° W · 277k acres
The Mier Expedition (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 092° E
Mission Mier a Visita (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 050° NE
First Chapel in Roma (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 110° E
Bicentennial Plaza (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 112° E
Roma Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 112° E
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 111° E
Falcon State Park (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 337° NW
Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 027° NE
Las Estrellas Preserve (Park) — 12.2 mi, 075° E
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 31.7 mi, 340° N
Javelina Ranch (Park) — 39.7 mi, 098° E
Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 45.4 mi, 111° E
Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 46.5 mi, 112° E
Shary Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 48.6 mi, 106° E
Border Theater (Theatre) — 48.6 mi, 107° E
Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 51.4 mi, 107° E
R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 53.3 mi, 106° E
La Paz Museum (Museum) — 53.8 mi, 343° N
Topgolf (Attraction) — 56.5 mi, 106° E
Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 57.2 mi, 098° E
Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 57.9 mi, 103° E
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.4 mi, 113° SE · 4,218 acres
Palomino(Laredo College Mascot[horse]) (Public Artwork) — 74.1 mi, 340° N
Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum (Museum) — 78.9 mi, 341° N
Los Olvidados Art Gallery (Gallery) — 79.0 mi, 341° N
Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 79.6 mi, 340° N

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