Explore Hilshire Village, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hilshire Village, 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 Hilshire Village.
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 | Hilshire Village |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Harris County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.790783 |
| Longitude | -95.489108 |
| Population | 816 |
| Density | 1180.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 77055 |
| Area Code | 713, 832, 281, 346 |
| County Seat | Houston |
| School District | Spring Branch Independent School District |
Hilshire Village maintains a quiet, wooded composure, defined by the steady, understated presence of the Spring Branch as it carves through the local landscape. It lies 6.0 miles north-northwest of West University Place, TX (from West University Place, TX: bearing 327°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west-northwest of Houston. Beneath the canopy of mature oaks, the terrain remains level and verdant, a sheltered enclave where the light filters through heavy leaves in soft, shifting patterns of gold and deep shadow. Residents move through the shade of their own quiet streets, far from the frantic pace of the wider world, observing the subtle shifts of a climate that breathes with the humidity of the inland plains. To the north, the earth settles into a quietude that persists even as the distant hum of the metropolitan sprawl echoes softly against the horizon, never quite reaching the stillness found within these shaded residential lanes.
History in Hilshire Village is marked by a deliberate preservation of space, a choice to keep the density low while the surrounding region expanded with relentless, unchecked momentum. The local economy here functions as a quiet extension of the broader professional spheres nearby, yet the character of the place remains anchored in its own distinct, self-governing identity. Beyond the boundaries of the local residential blocks, the proximity to Brickhouse Gully provides a subtle natural drainage that shapes the surrounding basin, while the Langwood Park Trail offers a path for those who seek to pace the perimeter of the local wilder edges. Even as the modern world shifts, Hilshire Village holds to a singular, measured cadence, existing as a protected pocket of stability that remains, by design, as much a refuge of memory as it is a place of residence.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hilshire Village, Texas. Coordinates: 29.790783, -95.489108. 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 Hilshire Village includes the ZIP code (77055), telephone area code (713, 832, 281, 346), county seat of Harris County (Houston), and school district assignment (Spring Branch Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |