Greenwood Texas Map

About Greenwood, Texas

Greenwood is a locality in Parker County, Texas, United States. Greenwood is located at 33.3809°N, 97.4745°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 79706, 75478, 76234.

Greenwood occupies a flat, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the pale Texas sky. It lies 3.7 miles west of Weatherford, TX (from Weatherford, TX: bearing 263°T), and is situated 7.0 miles northeast of Brock. Dust devils occasionally dance across the scrubland, stirring the dry earth that defines the basin-like character of the surrounding plains. To the west, the jagged silhouette of Devils Backbone rises as a distant, indigo smudge, grounding the vastness of the prairie. Moisture is a precious commodity here, gathered primarily in the quiet, reflective waters of Albert Smith Lake, while the persistent, narrow ribbon of Sanchez Creek carves a shallow vein through the local terrain. The light at dusk possesses a singular, heavy quality, turning the grasses into a field of copper wire before the cool, obsidian dark of night settles over the land.

Greenwood emerged from the necessity of the rail and the resilience of those who worked the hard-packed soil, maintaining an economy deeply rooted in the cycles of agriculture and the quiet persistence of local commerce. Life follows the deliberate pace of the seasons, often punctuated by the sparse, meditative silence found in the nearby trails of Rip Miller Park. Residents look toward Cason Hollow for a sense of topographic relief, or travel toward the sound of Rock Falls, where the water’s sudden descent provides a rare, rhythmic contrast to the stillness of the flatlands. Greenwood remains a place where the history of the frontier is not celebrated in grand monuments but is instead etched into the calloused hands of its people and the enduring, unadorned architecture that defines its main street.

About This Greenwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greenwood, Texas. Coordinates: 33.380946, -97.474469. 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 Greenwood includes the ZIP code (79706, 75478, 76234), telephone area code (817, 806), county seat of Parker County (Weatherford), and school district assignment.

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.