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Hamshire Texas Map

Explore Hamshire, 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 Hamshire, Texas

How to Use This Hamshire, Texas Map

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

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.

City	Hamshire
State	Texas (TX)
County	Jefferson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.854808
Longitude	-94.320712
Population	962
Density	124.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77622
Area Code	281
County Seat	Beaumont
School District	Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District

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About Hamshire, Texas

Hamshire is a locality in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 962. The population density is 124.9 people per km². Hamshire is located at 29.8548°N, 94.3207°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77622.

Hamshire endures as a quiet expanse of flat, alluvial prairie where the horizon seems to press against the earth with an uncompromising weight. It lies 20.0 miles southwest of Beaumont, TX (from Beaumont, TX: bearing 219°T), and is situated 5.2 miles east-northeast of Winnie. The land is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of South Fork Taylor Bayou, which carves a modest path through the silt just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the northwest, the slight rise of Big Hill offers a solitary break in the otherwise level topography, while the nearby depressions of Green Pond Gully catch the heavy rains that transform the fields into dark, mirror-like pools. Sunlight here possesses a thick, amber quality in the late afternoon, casting long shadows that stretch across the grasses and emphasize the isolation of the wide, open plains.

Agriculture and the rhythm of the oil industry provide the skeletal structure of daily life in Hamshire, sustaining a community that has long looked inward toward the soil and the sub-surface wealth of the region. The proximity of Taylor Bayou Preserve II protects a fragment of the native landscape, keeping the tangled brush and local fauna undisturbed by the creeping reach of modern development. While Willow Slough Marsh remains a distant, quiet presence on the periphery, the economy remains rooted in the traditional labor of the land and the steady, mechanical hum of regional energy production. The people here move with a pace dictated by the seasons and the demands of the earth, maintaining a stoic connection to the history of a place where the sky is the most prominent feature of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hamshire House (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 085° E
Leo Edward Craigen (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 065° NE
Taylor Bayou Preserve II (Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 007° N
Cook Park (Local Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 225° SW
Town of Winnie (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 237° SW
Winnie Stowell County Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 230° SW
Winnie-Stowell Horse Arena (Stadium) — 4.6 mi, 230° SW
Gregory Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 217° SW
Gator Country Wildlife Adventure Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.9 mi, 028° NE
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 6.0 mi, 235° SW
Sea Breeze Mitigation Bank (Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 209° SW
Mcfaddin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.4 mi, 127° SE · 178k acres
J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 14.1 mi, 079° E
Tyrrell Park (Local Recreation) — 14.2 mi, 044° NE
Purple Stadium (Stadium) — 19.4 mi, 037° NE
McFaddin-Ward House Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 037° NE
Mildred Buildings (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 038° NE
John Jay French Historic House Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 031° NE
Beaumont Police Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 041° NE
Texas Energy Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 040° NE
Art Museum of Southeast Texas (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 040° NE
B&B Port Arthur Central Mall 10 (Cinema) — 20.9 mi, 072° E
Big Thicket National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 21.2 mi, 000° N · 109k acres
Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.2 mi, 117° SE · 25k acres
Village Creek State Park (State Park) — 27.6 mi, 019° N
The Breakers Building (Historic Ruins) — 27.7 mi, 207° SW
Lance Rosier Cemetery (Viewpoint) — 31.8 mi, 339° N
Sims House (Historic Ruins) — 38.4 mi, 065° NE
The Crib (Historic Castle / Fort) — 38.5 mi, 253° W
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 40.7 mi, 063° NE

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