Explore Mobile City, 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 Mobile City, 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 Mobile City.
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 | Mobile City |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Rockwall County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 32.922623 |
| Longitude | -96.411096 |
| Population | 142 |
| Density | 3655.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 75087 |
| Area Code | 214, 469, 972 |
| County Seat | Rockwall |
| School District | Rockwall Independent School District |
Mobile City occupies a quiet expanse of land where the persistent, winding course of Camp Creek shapes the local topography. It lies 2.2 miles southwest of Fate, TX (from Fate, TX: bearing 233°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east of Rowlett. The landscape around Mobile City unfolds in a series of subtle, grassy undulations that hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun begins to dip toward the horizon. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Graham Point anchors the skyline, providing a static counterpoint to the restless movement of the wind through the tall, dry prairie grasses. Only a mile away, the quiet surface of Stodghill Lake reflects the shifting colors of the sky, serving as a focal point for the local ecosystem. The air here carries a distinct, earthy scent of sun-baked soil and wild sage, a sensory reminder that the vast, open plains define the character of the terrain far more than any singular landmark.
Economic life in Mobile City traces its roots to the endurance of the land, shifting from the traditional agricultural rhythms of the past to the modest, steady commerce of the present. Residents often spend their leisure hours amidst the quiet trails of the Timbercreek Greenbelt, a protected space that offers a rare, shaded reprieve from the intensity of the Texas sun. While those seeking more extensive movement might travel the Wylie Community Park Trail, the daily pace in Mobile City remains deliberate and tethered to the seasonal cycles of the surrounding fields. The community retains a sense of seclusion, defined not by grand monuments but by the collective memory of the families who have long worked this interior stretch of the state. It is a place that demands a patient eye to appreciate, where the beauty lies in the way the light catches the golden stalks of summer or the stark, clear silence that settles over the plains at dusk.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mobile City, Texas. Coordinates: 32.922623, -96.411096. 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 Mobile City includes the ZIP code (75087), telephone area code (214, 469, 972), county seat of Rockwall County (Rockwall), and school district assignment (Rockwall 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. |