Plum Texas Map

About Plum, Texas

Plum is a locality in Fayette County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 366. The population density is 40.3 people per km². Plum is located at 29.9323°N, 96.9812°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78945, 78952, 78963.

Plum sits amidst a quiet expanse of land where the horizon holds the soft, weathered rise of Indian Hill to the west and the low, open reach of Rabbs Prairie to the north. It lies 24.1 miles east-southeast of Bastrop, TX (from Bastrop, TX: bearing 120°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west-northwest of La Grange. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality that clings to the grasses long after the heat of the afternoon has begun to wane, casting long, thin shadows across the fields. A mile from the center, Crownover Branch traces a shallow path through the earth, its movement subtle and rhythmic, while the broader landscape shifts toward the greenery of Plum Park on the Colorado. The air carries the scent of dry soil and native brush, a stillness that feels less like emptiness and more like an intentional holding of breath, broken only by the occasional rustle of wind through the oaks.

History in Plum lingers in the quiet persistence of those who worked the black soil and built lives upon the plains. The local economy remains tethered to the land, an extension of the agricultural traditions that defined the early settlement of the region. Residents often look toward the nearby Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery History Trail to walk the paths of a deeper past, tracing the remnants of industry and conflict that shaped the surrounding counties. Even the water here serves the land, as seen in the distant, tranquil surface of Soil Conservation Service Site 21 Reservoir, which reflects the vast, unobstructed sky. Life in Plum follows the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, a place where the weight of memory is balanced by the simple, enduring necessity of the day’s work.

About This Plum Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plum, Texas. Coordinates: 29.932334, -96.981229. 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 includes the ZIP code (78945, 78952, 78963), telephone area code (830), county seat of Fayette County (La Grange), and school district assignment (La Grange 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.