Petty Texas Map

About Petty, Texas

Petty is a locality in Lynn County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 140. The population density is 93.8 people per km². Petty is located at 33.6054°N, 95.8034°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 79373, 75470.

Petty emerges from the vast, open plains as a quiet expanse where the horizon claims more authority than the earth itself. It lies 21.6 miles south-southwest of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 200°T), and is situated 18.4 miles east-northeast of Brownfield. The landscape around Petty is defined by the subtle, rhythmic shifts of the land, stretching toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Indian Ridge. To the west, the terrain opens into the expansive, low-lying basin of Antelope Flats, where the thin, dry air carries the scent of sun-baked earth and dormant grasses. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light here turns a peculiar, translucent honey color, illuminating the dust motes that dance above the fallow fields and highlighting the stark, unadorned simplicity of the horizon.

Economic life in Petty remains deeply tethered to the slow cycles of agriculture, reflecting a history of endurance in a challenging, arid climate. While the North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River flows far to the south, the local landscape is marked by the presence of Stud Duck Tank, a small, persistent body of water that serves as a quiet anchor for the surrounding acreage. Residents occasionally seek the modest shade and open space of Tahoka Mini Park for respite, though the character of the locality is best captured by the solitary work of those tending the land. There is a profound stillness in the way the days pass here, a rhythm dictated not by the haste of modern commerce, but by the steady, predictable movement of the sun across a wide and uninterrupted sky.

About This Petty Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Petty, Texas. Coordinates: 33.605405, -95.803419. 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 Petty includes the ZIP code (79373, 75470), telephone area code (806, 972, 469), county seat of Lynn County (Tahoka), and school district assignment (Chisum Independent School District).

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.