Explore Kenedy, 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 Kenedy, 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 Kenedy.
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 | Kenedy |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Karnes County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 28.819147 |
| Longitude | -97.848612 |
| Population | 3,473 |
| Density | 365.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 78119 |
| Area Code | 210 |
| County Seat | Karnes City |
| School District | Kenedy Independent School District |
Kenedy emerges from the wide, sun-drenched plains of South Texas where the horizon stretches thin and flat, broken only by the persistent, slow-moving pulse of Nichols Creek as it winds through the brush. It lies 29.5 miles north-northwest of Beeville, TX (from Beeville, TX: bearing 348°T), and is situated 5.5 miles southeast of Karnes City. The air here holds a dry, baking heat that settles over the earth, causing the light at dusk to turn a deep, bruised gold that illuminates the distant, hazy silhouette of Lookout Hill. Two miles to the west, the quiet waters of Soil Conservation Service Site 13 Reservoir offer a brief reprieve from the heat, while the landscape dips into the subtle, parched depressions of Cow Hollow. Locals often gather at Ball Park to watch the day bleed into a violet twilight, the tall grasses swaying in the hot, steady wind that carries the scent of dust and blooming mesquite.
Kenedy carries the quiet weight of its origins as a rail stop, a legacy that once transformed the surrounding cattle country into a vital link for the regional economy. The rhythm of life in Kenedy is measured by the steady hum of industry and the patient work of agriculture, where the land has been shaped by the demands of the oil patch and the long-standing traditions of ranching. Families move through the day with a deliberate, unhurried focus, grounded by a cultural persistence that honors the bilingual heritage of the region. There is a profound, quiet beauty in the way the architecture of the older streets holds the heat of the afternoon, a testament to a place that prefers to keep its own counsel while the vast Texas sky cycles through its infinite shades of gray and amber.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kenedy, Texas. Coordinates: 28.819147, -97.848612. 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 Kenedy includes the ZIP code (78119), telephone area code (210), county seat of Karnes County (Karnes City), and school district assignment (Kenedy 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. |