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Gause Texas Map

Explore Gause, 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 Gause, Texas

How to Use This Gause, Texas Map

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

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.

CityGause
StateTexas (TX)
CountyMilam County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude30.785192
Longitude-96.721364
Population275
Density103.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code77857
Area Code409
County SeatCameron
School DistrictGause Independent School District

About Gause, Texas

Gause is a locality in Milam County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 275. The population density is 103.9 people per km². Gause is located at 30.7852°N, 96.7214°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77857.

Gause emerges from the flat, sprawling expanse of the Texas interior, defined by a horizon that pulls the eye across vast, sun-bleached plains and intermittent stands of timber. It lies 22.2 miles west-northwest of Bryan, TX (from Bryan, TX: bearing 290°T), and is situated 10.0 miles southwest of Hearne. The land here holds a particular weight, characterized by the subtle, persistent rise of Long Mountain two miles to the north and the deepening depressions of Coopers Hollow four miles away. Copperas Branch cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil just a mile from the center, its presence marked by the thick, verdant growth of brush that defies the prevailing dry heat. Dust motes dance in the heavy afternoon light, settling over the iron-rich earth and the quiet, weathered structures that define the local topography.

Gause maintains a rhythm dictated by the slow turning of seasons and the enduring legacy of the agricultural industry that shaped its early settlement. While residents might travel nine miles to reach the quietude of Northside Park or venture twenty miles to the banks of Sanders Lake, the local experience remains tethered to the harvest and the steady passage of freight along the rail lines. The economy persists through a quiet reliance on the surrounding fields, where the color of the grass shifts from a vibrant, brittle green to a muted, dusty gold as the summer deepens. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, preserving a sense of isolation that feels less like loneliness and more like a quiet, private confidence in the permanence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • The Town of Gause (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 239° SW
  • Gause Baptist Church (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 326° NW
  • Texas Historical Commission Marker (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 326° NW
  • Hearne Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 053° NE
  • Eastside Park (Local Park) — 10.6 mi, 050° NE
  • Milam County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 287° W
  • Burleson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 174° S
  • Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 175° S
  • Square One Art Gallery (Public Artwork) — 22.0 mi, 110° E
  • StageCenter Community Theatre (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 110° E
  • The Grand Stafford Theater (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 110° E
  • Earth Art (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 111° E
  • Children's Museum of Brazos Valley (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 111° E
  • Texas A&M University Aquaculture Research Teaching Facility (Recreation Easement) — 23.1 mi, 134° SE
  • Moran (Local Park) — 24.2 mi, 115° SE
  • Star Cinema Grill (Cinema) — 25.2 mi, 116° SE
  • MSC Forsyth Galleries (Gallery) — 25.5 mi, 118° SE
  • J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries (Gallery) — 25.6 mi, 118° SE
  • M. Benz Gallery of Floral Art (Gallery) — 25.6 mi, 117° SE
  • Somerville Historical Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 151° SE
  • Lake Somerville State Park - Nails Creek Unit (State Park) — 29.9 mi, 185° S
  • Somerville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 29.9 mi, 185° S
  • Lake Somerville Trailway State Park (State Park) — 31.0 mi, 179° S
  • Somerville Lake (Recreation Area) — 31.1 mi, 165° S
  • Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.9 mi, 174° S
  • Pecan Grove Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 36.4 mi, 260° W
  • Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 56.4 mi, 106° E · 163k acres
  • Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 60.3 mi, 108° E · 3,956 acres
  • Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 75.1 mi, 257° W · 43k acres
  • Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.7 mi, 161° S · 21k acres

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About This Gause Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gause, Texas. Coordinates: 30.785192, -96.721364. 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 Gause includes the ZIP code (77857), telephone area code (409), county seat of Milam County (Cameron), and school district assignment (Gause 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.