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Merit Texas Map

Explore Merit, 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 Merit, Texas

How to Use This Merit, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Merit, 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 Merit.

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	Merit
State	Texas (TX)
County	Hunt County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.216781
Longitude	-96.287479
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	75423, 75458
Area Code	972, 469
County Seat	Greenville

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About Merit, Texas

Merit is a locality in Hunt County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Merit is located at 33.2168°N, 96.2875°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 75423, 75458.

Merit sits upon the flat, wide expanse of the North Texas blackland prairie, where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a vast, pale sky. It lies 11.6 miles west-northwest of Greenville, TX (from Greenville, TX: bearing 298°T), and is situated 5.6 miles northeast of Farmersville. West Caddo Creek carves a slow, meandering path near the edge of the settlement, its banks lined with the gnarled, dark silhouettes of hardwoods that break the relentless monotony of the grasses. To the east, the land rises into the modest, dusty swells of the Hays Hills, which hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun to dip. The air here carries the scent of dry earth and dormant vegetation, a stillness that seems to press against the fences and the weathered siding of the older structures. A few miles away, the protected grasses of Peters Prairie offer a glimpse of what the landscape looked like before the plow, a sea of wild stalks that shiver in the constant, restless wind.

Merit remains defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of agricultural cycles, a quiet legacy born from the rail lines that once anchored the movement of grain and goods. While the bustle of the modern world edges closer toward the distant sheen of Lavon Lake, the life here persists in the rhythm of farm machinery and the maintenance of long-standing family holdings. The local economy relies on the stubborn fertility of the soil, a deep, dark clay that demands much from those who work it. Occasionally, residents travel toward the Sister Grove Park Trail to find the shade of more substantial timber, but the character of Merit is found in the open fields that demand a certain patience from the traveler. It is a place where the light at dusk turns the dusty roads to a bruised violet, revealing a landscape that values endurance over ornament.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Merit Methodist Church (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 195° S
Merit Cemetery (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 064° NE
Peters Prairie (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 294° NW
Bethlehem Baptist Church (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 313° NW
Parkhill Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 353° N
Spain Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 229° SW
Lavon Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 273° W
Clymer Meadow Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 011° N
City Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 228° SW
Southlake Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 213° SW
Lavon Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.9 mi, 246° SW
Deer Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.1 mi, 125° SE
The Attic (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 126° SE
Gamescape by Cinemark (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 132° SE
Audie Murphy and Cotton Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 119° SE
Top Fun Ranch (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 307° NW
Military Heritage Collection of North Texas (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 195° S
Royse City Calaboose (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 188° S
Skydive Spaceland Dallas (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 342° N
Collin County Central Museum at the Old Post Office (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 266° W
Last Art Gallery (Gallery) — 19.1 mi, 266° W
Bird blind (Viewpoint) — 19.2 mi, 258° W
Caddo National Grassland (National Grassland) — 19.7 mi, 045° NE · 18k acres
Caddo National Grassland-Ladonia (State Conservation Area) — 19.7 mi, 045° NE
Wylie Acting Group (Theatre) — 20.5 mi, 226° SW
Tawakoni Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.9 mi, 154° SE
Planetarium (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 085° E
Allen Contemporary Theatre (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 248° W
Van Alstyne Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 310° NW
Bonham State Park (State Park) — 23.7 mi, 020° N

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