Explore Marquez, 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 Marquez, 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 Marquez.
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 | Marquez |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Leon County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.239347 |
| Longitude | -96.253576 |
| Population | 181 |
| Density | 53.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 77865 |
| Area Code | 409 |
| County Seat | Centerville |
| School District | Leon Independent School District |
Marquez unfolds across a landscape where the earth settles into a quiet, sun-baked expanse of prairie and timber. It lies 39.6 miles north of Bryan, TX (from Bryan, TX: bearing 10°T), and is situated 33.3 miles south-southeast of Mexia. The soil here holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun dips behind the silhouette of Payne Hill, casting a lingering, bronze glow over the tall grasses that sway in the persistent wind. A mile from the center of activity, the waters of Sour Branch carve a modest, persistent path through the terrain, feeding the quiet moisture that sustains the surrounding woods. To the north, the stillness is mirrored in the surface of Brushy Lake, where the water catches the clarity of the sky and holds it in a mirror of cooling blue. Beyond the immediate fields, the ground dips into the subtle, shadowed contours of Red Hollow, a reminder of the slow, patient work of erosion across this inland expanse.
Marquez traces its lineage to the iron rails that once dictated the pace of commerce and connection for the settlers who broke this ground. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the land, defined by the steady labor of agriculture and the quiet endurance of those who work the timber and the range. Life here moves with the deliberate tempo of a place that values the weight of tradition, where the legacy of earlier generations is felt in the architecture of the older storefronts and the persistence of family-run operations. Visitors seeking a connection to the wilder side of the region often turn toward Dragon Creek MB, a sanctuary that preserves the native character of the woods. In the quiet hours of the morning, when the fog clings to the low-lying thickets, Marquez feels like a place that has mastered the art of standing still while the rest of the world hurries past.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marquez, Texas. Coordinates: 31.239347, -96.253576. 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 Marquez includes the ZIP code (77865), telephone area code (409), county seat of Leon County (Centerville), and school district assignment (Leon 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. |