Red Lick Texas Map

About Red Lick, Texas

Red Lick is a locality in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 946. The population density is 201.0 people per km². Red Lick is located at 33.4851°N, 94.1615°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Red Lick is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75503.

Red Lick occupies a quiet expanse of East Texas where the land settles into a rhythmic pattern of pine-shadowed woodlands and open, clay-rich clearings. It lies 7.6 miles west-northwest of Texarkana, TX (from Texarkana, TX: bearing 291°T), and is situated 4.6 miles northwest of Wake Village. Wagner Creek carves a narrow, deliberate path through this terrain, its banks lined with the damp, dark loam that anchors the local flora against the seasonal shifts of heat and rain. Looking toward the horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of Gum Ridge anchors the western view, a reminder of the geologic folds that define the broader region beyond the immediate, unassuming plains. The air here holds a stillness, particularly at dusk, when the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold and the cicadas begin a steady, hypnotic pulse that seems to emerge from the earth itself.

Red Lick remains deeply connected to the legacy of the surrounding timber and agriculture that shaped its early settlement, though today its character is defined by a slow, measured transition into a residential extension of the wider county. Residents often find their way toward the quiet waters of Bringle Lake or the expansive, unhurried grounds of Unknown Park, both of which serve as the primary conduits for outdoor life in the immediate vicinity. While the distant, low-lying basin of Black Bottom suggests the ancient, shifting hydrology of the area, the daily life of Red Lick focuses on the intersection of modern convenience and the persistent, quiet endurance of the East Texas piney woods. It is a place where the economy remains tied to the steady rhythm of regional growth, yet the spirit of the land persists in the way the sunlight catches the needles of the loblolly pines, illuminating a landscape that values privacy and the slow accumulation of time.

About This Red Lick Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Lick, Texas. Coordinates: 33.485081, -94.161474. 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 Red Lick includes the ZIP code (75503), telephone area code (972), county seat of Bowie County (Boston), and school district assignment (Red Lick 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.