Explore Kerens, 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 Kerens, 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 Kerens.
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 | Kerens |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Navarro County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 32.133208 |
| Longitude | -96.227753 |
| Population | 1,505 |
| Density | 232.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 75144 |
| Area Code | 214, 469 |
| County Seat | Corsicana |
| School District | Kerens Independent School District |
Kerens commands a stretch of quiet prairie where the earth seems to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent. It lies 14.4 miles east of Corsicana, TX (from Corsicana, TX: bearing 79°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-southwest of Tool. The horizon remains vast and largely unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of High Ridge far to the west, barely marking the edge of the sky. Indian Creek winds through the soil a mile away, a modest artery that drains the surrounding fields and feeds the local ecosystem, while the calm surface of Kerens City Lake sits two miles out, reflecting the shifting colors of the Texas sky. The air here carries the dry scent of sun-baked grasses and the occasional dampness of the low-lying bottoms, creating a landscape defined by its expansive openness and the subtle, rhythmic work of the wind against the plains.
Kerens maintains a pace of life that favors continuity over the frenetic pulse of more industrial centers, rooted in a history of agriculture that still shapes the character of the surrounding land. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, echoing the legacies of those who first broke this soil to establish a foothold in the region. Residents often look toward the Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area, located eleven miles away, as a reminder of the wilder, untamed state of the territory before the arrival of the railroad and the plow. Life in Kerens is measured in the slow turn of the seasons and the simple, enduring connections of a place that values the weight of its own quiet, unpretentious history.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kerens, Texas. Coordinates: 32.133208, -96.227753. 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 Kerens includes the ZIP code (75144), telephone area code (214, 469), county seat of Navarro County (Corsicana), and school district assignment (Kerens 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. |