Palo Pinto Texas Map

About Palo Pinto, Texas

Palo Pinto is a locality in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 208. The population density is 89.2 people per km². Palo Pinto is located at 32.7673°N, 98.2987°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76484.

Palo Pinto sprawls across rolling terrain where the deep, ochre earth is cut by the meandering curves of the Brazos River. It lies 29.1 miles west of Weatherford, TX (from Weatherford, TX: bearing 271°T), and is situated 11.2 miles west-south-west of Mineral Wells. The land here breathes with a dry, sun-baked resilience, its scrubby oaks and mesquites clinging to slopes that rise and fall with a quiet, persistent grace. Afternoons often carry the drowsy hum of insects and the distant, lowing call of cattle, a sound that seems to settle over the landscape like a fine dust. The sky overhead is a vast expanse, its blue deepening to an almost impossible indigo as the day wears on, promising nights alive with stars. The history of Palo Pinto is deeply entwined with the rich mineral deposits that once defined its fortune, notably the distinctive Palo Pinto limestone, a stone quarried for its beauty and used in buildings far and wide. This legacy of extraction has left an imprint, a sense of industry that now coexists with the more pastoral pursuits of ranching and agriculture that characterize the broader Palo Pinto County. The river, a constant companion, has always been a source of life and sustenance, its banks a place where echoes of earlier settlements and the quiet persistence of generations can still be felt in the rustle of dry grasses.

About This Palo Pinto Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Palo Pinto, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 32.767349, -98.29866. 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 Palo Pinto and Palo Pinto County.

Detailed location data for Palo Pinto includes the ZIP code (76484), telephone area code (254), county seat of Palo Pinto County (Palo Pinto), and school district assignment (Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.