La Villa Texas Map
Explore La Villa, 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.
Interactive Map of La Villa, Texas
How to Use This La Villa, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Villa, 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 La Villa.
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 | La Villa |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.298683 |
| Longitude | -97.928612 |
| Population | 2,804 |
| Density | 1816.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 78562 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Edinburg |
| School District | La Villa Independent School District |
About La Villa, Texas
La Villa is a locality in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,804. The population density is 1816.5 people per km². La Villa is located at 26.2987°N, 97.9286°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. La Villa is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78562.La Villa stretches across the flat, sun-drenched plains of the Rio Grande Valley, where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed by any significant rise in the earth. It lies 10.3 miles north of Mercedes, TX (from Mercedes, TX: bearing 355°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north-northeast of Mila Doce. The landscape is defined by the persistent, dry heat that pulls the color from the brush and turns the sky into a relentless, pale expanse of blue. Only a few miles away, the Donna Drain channels the slow movement of water through the parched soil, while the nearby Valley Acres Reservoir offers a quiet stillness to the surrounding agrarian fields. At the center of the grid, La Villa City Park provides a necessary patch of shade where the light filters through the leaves in sharp, geometric patterns, offering a brief respite from the midday glare that defines the pace of life here.
Agriculture serves as the heartbeat of La Villa, with the surrounding fields bearing witness to the enduring labor of those who work the rows of citrus and seasonal produce. The town maintains a character forged by the steady, rhythmic demands of harvest and the bilingual cadence of a border-region heritage that shapes its daily interactions. While Sunrise Hill stands as a subtle marker in the distance, the true life of the region remains rooted in the fertile, dark earth and the small, deliberate actions of the people who maintain the local economy. Visitors might look toward the North Floodway to understand the engineering necessary to manage the land, but the spirit of La Villa is found in the quiet, dusty streets and the persistent, industrious nature of a place that values the harvest above all else.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- La Villa City Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 311° NW
- Edcouch Municipal Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 255° W
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.4 mi, 033° NE · 277k acres
- Monte Alto Veterans Park (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 330° NW
- Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 075° E
- A.C. Cuellar, Jr. Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 250° W
- Sebastian (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 071° E
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 179° S
- Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 179° S
- Estero Llano Grande State ParK (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 186° S
- La Feria Nature Center (Local Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 152° SE
- Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 271° W
- Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 15.4 mi, 253° W
- The History of Mexico & Mankind (Public Artwork) — 16.0 mi, 117° SE
- Bowman Stadium (Stadium) — 16.9 mi, 108° E
- Topgolf (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 247° SW
- Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 218° SW · 4,218 acres
- R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 252° W
- Border Theater (Theatre) — 25.3 mi, 257° W
- Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 27.8 mi, 253° W
- Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 29.4 mi, 252° W
- Stillman House Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 136° SE
- Brownsville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 136° SE
- Brownsville Art League Fine Arts Museum (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 136° SE
- Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 135° SE
- Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 41.9 mi, 064° NE · 262k acres
- Palmito Hill Battlefield (Viewpoint) — 45.3 mi, 121° SE
- Port Isabel Historical Museum (Museum) — 47.2 mi, 109° E
- Gravity Park (Theme Park) — 49.1 mi, 106° E
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About This La Villa Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Villa, Texas. Coordinates: 26.298683, -97.928612. 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 La Villa includes the ZIP code (78562), telephone area code (830), county seat of Hidalgo County (Edinburg), and school district assignment (La Villa 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. |
