Goree Texas Map

About Goree, Texas

Goree is a locality in Knox County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 158. The population density is 42.1 people per km². Goree is located at 33.4673°N, 99.5245°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Goree is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76363.

Goree occupies a quiet expanse of the North Texas plains where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to press down with the weight of its own clarity. It lies 66.8 miles west-southwest of Wichita Falls, TX (from Wichita Falls, TX: bearing 243°T), and is situated 17.6 miles west-southwest of Seymour. Here, the landscape is defined by a persistent, dry heat that bleaches the grasses to a pale straw color and turns the earth into a mosaic of cracked clay and hard-packed soil. A mile away, the channel of Lake Creek cuts a thin, winding scar through the brush, its banks often silent, holding only the memory of recent rains. When the sun begins to retreat, the light catches the dust motes suspended in the air, casting a long, amber glow that softens the harsh lines of the fence rows and makes the distant silhouette of Twin Mountain appear as a mere ripple against the deepening indigo of the dusk.

Goree persists as a place where the rhythm of existence is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of the soil. The local economy remains tethered to the vast, open tracts of farmland that surround the settlement, where rows of cotton and grain sorghum define the working life of the residents. History here is found in the weathered wood of old outbuildings and the way the wind hums through the power lines, a persistent sound that has outlasted the original storefronts of the early agricultural settlers. While the water of Millers Creek Reservoir lies eight miles to the east, the life of the place stays firmly rooted in the dry, interior plains, where the people carry on with a stoic, quiet industry. The stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the occasional truck rattling down a gravel road, a sound that quickly dissolves into the vast, empty space that defines the character of Goree.

About This Goree Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Goree, Texas. Coordinates: 33.467318, -99.524528. 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 Goree includes the ZIP code (76363), telephone area code (817), county seat of Knox County (Benjamin), and school district assignment (Munday Consolidated 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.