Plum Grove Texas Map

About Plum Grove, Texas

Plum Grove is a locality in Ellis County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,245. The population density is 132.5 people per km². Plum Grove is located at 30.2008°N, 95.0956°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Plum Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 76670, 77327.

Plum Grove occupies a quiet expanse of land where the flat, sun-bleached earth meets the persistent, encroaching brush of the Texas interior. It lies 15.5 miles south-southwest of Waxahachie, TX (from Waxahachie, TX: bearing 212°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west of Italy. The landscape is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition from open prairie to thickets of hardwood that thrive in the moisture near Bee Creek, which winds its way through the local terrain with a sluggish, muddy persistence. In the distance, the silhouette of Brushy Knob offers a faint, jagged interruption to the horizon, a reminder of the more rugged geography that exists far beyond these plains. The light here has a peculiar, heavy quality at dusk, turning the dust kicked up by passing vehicles into a golden haze that clings to the fences and the sparse, resilient vegetation. Three miles away, the waters of Soil Conservation Service Site 39 Reservoir remain still, acting as a flat, glass-like mirror for the expansive sky that dominates the view.

Plum Grove persists as a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow accumulation of agricultural labor and the modest demands of local commerce. While Wallace Park offers a distant refuge for those seeking the stillness of protected wilderness, the life of Plum Grove itself is centered on the steady maintenance of homesteads and the enduring legacy of families who have worked these fields for generations. There is a perceptible gravity to the daily routine, a sense that time is measured not by the clock, but by the seasonal cycles of the soil and the unpredictable temper of the regional climate. No grand monuments mark the history of the settlement, yet the character of the place is etched into the weathered clapboard of its older structures and the deliberate pace with which neighbors greet one another in the heat of the afternoon. It is a locality defined by its isolation and the quiet, unpretentious resolve of those who call the scrubland home.

About This Plum Grove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plum Grove, Texas. Coordinates: 30.200807, -95.095582. 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 Plum Grove includes the ZIP code (76670, 77327), telephone area code (325, 713, 832), county seat of Ellis County (Waxahachie), and school district assignment (Cleveland 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.