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Garceno Texas Map

Explore Garceno, 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 Garceno, Texas

How to Use This Garceno, Texas Map

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

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.

CityGarceno
StateTexas (TX)
CountyStarr County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude26.406452
Longitude-98.939474
Population440
Density741.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes78582, 78584
Area Code830
County SeatRio Grande City
School DistrictRoma Independent School District

About Garceno, Texas

Garceno is a locality in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 440. The population density is 741.9 people per km². Garceno is located at 26.4065°N, 98.9395°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78582, 78584.

Garceno stretches across a vast, sun-bleached expanse of South Texas where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered by anything but the low, thorny silhouettes of mesquite and prickly pear. It lies 4.7 miles east of Roma, TX (from Roma, TX: bearing 89°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-northwest of Rio Grande City. The landscape is defined by a subtle, parched geometry, marked by the modest rise of Gongora Hill five miles to the north and the quiet, intermittent passage of Arroyo Garceño, which carves a shallow, dusty path just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the west, the land dips into the drainage of Arroyo los Morenos, creating a basin that retains the memory of rain long after the clouds have vanished. At Garceno Park, the earth holds a stillness that seems to absorb the heat of the afternoon, leaving the air shimmering and thin, a dry clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence line and rusted gate.

History here is written in the resilient, drought-hardy roots of a ranching culture that has long navigated the rhythms of a semi-arid climate. The local economy persists through the quiet industry of the land, reflecting a life tethered to the cycles of the seasons and the occasional relief brought by the waters of Falcon Reservoir, sixteen miles away. Daily life in Garceno moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the bilingual cadence of a border-country heritage that values patience above speed. As the light turns a bruised, glowing violet at dusk, the intensity of the day softens, revealing a quiet resilience in the people who call this stretch of brush country home, finding a particular beauty in the way the shadows stretch long and thin across the caliche soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Garceno Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 334° NW
  • Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.4 mi, 207° SW · 277k acres
  • Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 186° S
  • Nuevo Santander Land Grants (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 265° W
  • Roma Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 262° W
  • Memorial Hospital (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 270° W
  • First Chapel in Roma (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 270° W
  • Las Estrellas Preserve (Park) — 5.6 mi, 036° NE
  • Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 346° N
  • Falcon State Park (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 314° NW
  • Javelina Ranch (Park) — 31.1 mi, 098° E
  • Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 36.6 mi, 329° NW
  • Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 37.0 mi, 114° SE
  • Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 38.3 mi, 115° SE
  • Shary Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 40.2 mi, 108° E
  • Border Theater (Theatre) — 40.2 mi, 109° E
  • Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 42.9 mi, 108° E
  • R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 44.9 mi, 108° E
  • Topgolf (Attraction) — 48.0 mi, 107° E
  • Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 48.7 mi, 098° E
  • Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 49.4 mi, 104° E
  • Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.1 mi, 115° SE · 4,218 acres
  • La Paz Museum (Museum) — 58.0 mi, 336° NW
  • The History of Mexico & Mankind (Public Artwork) — 78.3 mi, 101° E

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About This Garceno Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Garceno, Texas. Coordinates: 26.406452, -98.939474. 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 Garceno includes the ZIP code (78582, 78584), telephone area code (830), county seat of Starr County (Rio Grande City), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.