Grape Creek Texas Map

About Grape Creek, Texas

Grape Creek is a locality in Tom Green County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,594. The population density is 88.6 people per km². Grape Creek is located at 31.5793°N, 100.5476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76901.

Grape Creek stretches across a sun-bleached expanse where the horizon flattens into a persistent, dusty beige, broken only by the intermittent scrub of mesquite and cedar. It lies 10.3 miles northwest of San Angelo, TX (from San Angelo, TX: bearing 321°T), and is situated 58.9 miles south-southeast of Colorado City. The air here holds a dry, baking heat that seems to distill the very essence of the earth, leaving the ground cracked and waiting for the infrequent rains to soften its stubborn limestone bones. Two miles distant, the waters of O C Fisher Lake gather in a quiet, still basin, providing a rare reprieve from the parched intensity of the plains. Beyond the immediate reach of the brush, the land holds a deep, contemplative silence, as if the soil itself remembers the long, slow passage of seasons that have worn the terrain into its current, austere form.

Grape Creek operates with the quiet persistence of a place tethered to the rhythms of ranching and the shifting fortunes of the regional economy. History lingers here not in grand monuments, but in the barbed wire fences and the weathered outbuildings that mark the transition from open range to organized homesteads. Those seeking the terrain’s subtle character might wander the San Angelo State Park Trail eight miles away, observing how the light at dusk turns the dry grasses into a pale, flickering gold. While the distant silhouette of the Edwards Plateau defines the far edge of the world, the life of Grape Creek remains rooted in the immediate, hardworking reality of the land, where the wind carries the scent of dust and the promise of another long, clear night.

About This Grape Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grape Creek, Texas. Coordinates: 31.579323, -100.547598. 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 Grape Creek includes the ZIP code (76901), telephone area code (325), county seat of Tom Green County (San Angelo), and school district assignment (Grape Creek 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.