Kress Texas Map

About Kress, Texas

Kress is a locality in Swisher County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 642. The population density is 387.8 people per km². Kress is located at 34.3665°N, 101.7485°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79052.

Kress rests within a vast expanse of West Texas earth, where the land rolls with a subtle, unbroken grace under an impossibly wide sky. It lies 54.8 miles north of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 6°T), and is situated 12.8 miles north of Plainview. The horizon stretches, a clean line bisecting the pale blue, and the air, when it moves, carries the dry, clean scent of distant grama grass and sun-baked soil. Here, the landscape is defined by an immensity that can feel both humbling and exhilarating, a canvas of muted greens and ochres that shifts with the angle of the sun. The few trees that break the expanse stand like stoic sentinels, their branches reaching towards the heavens in a gesture of enduring patience. The lifeblood of Kress has long been drawn from the rich, dark soil, a legacy of the agricultural pioneers who settled this part of the High Plains. Generations have cultivated the land, their efforts yielding crops that speak to the resilience and deep connection between the people and the earth. The local economy, still largely rooted in agriculture, hums with a quiet industriousness, from the dawn-lit fields to the grain elevators that punctuate the skyline like silent monuments to harvest. Kress itself embodies the spirit of these plains: a place of straightforward character, where the days unfold with a steady, unhurried cadence, and the community’s strength is as palpable as the vastness of the sky above.

About This Kress Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Kress, Texas with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Kress and Swisher County.

Detailed location data for Kress includes the ZIP code (79052), telephone area code (806), county seat of Swisher County (Tulia), and school district assignment (Kress 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 Kress is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.