Harrold Texas Map

About Harrold, Texas

Harrold is a locality in Wilbarger County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 87. The population density is 8.3 people per km². Harrold is located at 34.0676°N, 99.0331°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76364.

Harrold stretches across the parched expanse of the North Texas plains, where the horizon pulls tight against the sky like a drumhead. It lies 26.4 miles west of Burkburnett, TX (from Burkburnett, TX: bearing 268°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west-northwest of Electra. The landscape is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the prairie, punctuated by the dry, winding course of China Creek a mile to the east. During the late afternoon, the light here loses its harshness, casting long, bruised-purple shadows that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Floral Mound. The earth is a palette of iron-red clay and dusty ochre, shifting slightly in tone as the wind moves across the grass, while the proximity of Lake Electra offers a rare, shimmering reprieve from the relentless heat of the open scrubland.

Harrold functions as a quiet marker of time in a region shaped by the boom and bust of the oil patch and the enduring labor of the ranch. The rhythm of life remains tethered to the slow turn of agricultural cycles and the occasional hum of heavy machinery, a legacy of the industry that once spurred the development of these isolated outposts. Residents often look toward the nearby expanse of Unknown Park for a sense of untamed space, finding a stark, quiet beauty in the rugged terrain that separates them from the more crowded corridors of the state. History here is kept not in monuments, but in the maintenance of fence lines and the weathered siding of buildings that have survived decades of prairie winds, standing as silent witnesses to the persistence required to thrive in such a vast and demanding interior.

About This Harrold Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Harrold, Texas. Coordinates: 34.06757, -99.033091. 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 Harrold includes the ZIP code (76364), telephone area code (817), county seat of Wilbarger County (Vernon), and school district assignment (Harrold 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.