Garfield Texas Map

About Garfield, Texas

Garfield is a locality in DeWitt County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,825. The population density is 58.8 people per km². Garfield is located at 30.2033°N, 97.5614°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78164, 78617.

Garfield emerges from the flat, sun-drenched expanse of the plains, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate meander of Thomas Creek as it cuts through the silty earth. It lies 41.0 miles south-southeast of Seguin, TX (from Seguin, TX: bearing 153°T), and is situated 18.6 miles northeast of Karnes City. The landscape here is characterized by an expansive, open horizon where the light at dusk bleeds into a bruised indigo, casting long, thin shadows across the dry grasses that ripple in the steady inland wind. To the west, the silhouette of Bald Mound provides a singular, stubborn interruption to the otherwise level topography, standing as a quiet sentinel over the surrounding scrub and pasture. The air carries the scent of baked clay and parched vegetation, a dry clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence line and weathered structure, grounding Garfield in a geography that demands resilience from everything that grows within its reach.

History in Garfield is written in the hard-won persistence of those who worked these fields, transforming the raw, unyielding soil into a landscape of modest agricultural output. While the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the quiet movement of regional transit, the distance to the nearest reservoir, Soil Conservation Service Site 11 Reservoir, reminds residents of the constant, careful management required to flourish in this climate. The pace of life is dictated by the seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock, echoing the isolation found in the deeper topography of Tom White Hollow a few miles away. Even the proximity to Highland Park offers little more than a quiet, sheltered contrast to the vast, exposed plains that define the identity of Garfield, leaving the inhabitants to find their own measure of beauty in the stark, honest utility of the prairie.

About This Garfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Garfield, Texas. Coordinates: 30.203319, -97.561411. 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 Garfield includes the ZIP code (78164, 78617), telephone area code (210, 512, 737), county seat of DeWitt County (Cuero), and school district assignment (Del Valle 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.