Greenwood Texas Map

About Greenwood, Texas

Greenwood is a locality in Midland County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,800. The population density is 55.0 people per km². 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 vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky of unrelenting, pale clarity. It lies 10.9 miles east of Midland, TX (from Midland, TX: bearing 79°T), and is situated 9.4 miles southwest of Stanton. Monahans Draw carves a shallow, subtle depression into the earth nearby, channeling the rare, sharp rains that occasionally darken the parched soil of the plains. Six miles distant, Salt Lake sits as a quiet, reflective basin, its presence marked by the alkaline sheen that clings to the surrounding scrub. During the heat of the afternoon, the air shimmers with a dry, static intensity, pressing down upon the flat landscape until the shadows of the fence posts lengthen into long, spindly fingers across the dirt.

Greenwood emerged from the necessity of the land, an outgrowth of the rugged, industrious spirit that defines the surrounding oil patch and agricultural plains. The economy maintains a steady, rhythmic pulse, rooted in the extraction of resources and the quiet toil of those who manage the wide, wire-fenced pastures. Nine miles away, Reyes-Mashburn-Nelms Park provides a singular space of preserved stillness, contrasting with the mechanical hum of pumps that operate in the distance toward Hog Mountain. Life in Greenwood moves with the deliberate pace of a place where the distance between neighbors is measured in miles rather than feet, and the shifting light at dusk reveals a world of deep, bruised purples and burnt ochre, enduring and unadorned.

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 Midland County (Midland), 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.