Hillside Acres Texas Map

About Hillside Acres, Texas

Hillside Acres is a locality in Webb County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 6. The population density is 34.1 people per km². Hillside Acres is located at 27.6762°N, 99.1777°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78043.

Hillside Acres lies under a sky that stretches, vast and often a bleached cerulean, over a land sculpted by the patient hand of wind and water. It lies 23.4 miles east-north-east of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 60°T), and is situated 18.1 miles north-east of Los Altos. The terrain here rolls, not in dramatic swells, but in a subtle, persistent ebb and flow, a landscape of scrubby mesquite and hardy grasses that cling stubbornly to the earth. Sun-baked earth, the color of dried blood, cracks in the heat, and the air, especially in the long, drawn-out evenings, carries a dry, almost palpable warmth, thick with the scent of dust and distant blooms. Shadows lengthen like spilled ink across the gentle slopes, and the silence, when it descends, is not an absence but a presence, a deep, resonant quiet broken only by the rustle of unseen creatures or the distant, lonely cry of a hawk. The history of Hillside Acres is written in the slow accumulation of days, a testament to resilience rather than grand pronouncements. This land, once roamed by peoples whose stories are now whispered by the wind, saw its modern beginnings tied to the meager but vital resources it offered. Ranching, a tradition deeply etched into the character of Webb County, forms the backbone of the local economy, its rhythms dictating the pace of life. Families here have long learned to read the subtle signs of the land, to coax sustenance from its arid embrace. The economy, while modest, is one of enduring effort, a quiet defiance against the vast, indifferent beauty of the South Texas brush country that surrounds Hillside Acres, where the only landmarks are the ancient oaks and the enduring spirit of its people.

About This Hillside Acres Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hillside Acres, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 27.6762, -99.1777. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Hillside Acres and Webb County.

Detailed location data for Hillside Acres includes the ZIP code (78043), telephone area code (210, 726), county seat of Webb County (Laredo), and school district assignment (United Independent School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Hillside Acres is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.