Explore Rochelle, Texas, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rochelle, Texas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Texas or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Rochelle.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Rochelle |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | McCulloch County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.22461 |
| Longitude | -99.211161 |
| Population | 169 |
| Density | 40.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 76872 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| County Seat | Brady |
| School District | Rochelle Independent School District |
Rochelle sits amidst a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the dry, rhythmic cycles of the Texas plains. It lies 35.9 miles south-southwest of Brownwood, TX (from Brownwood, TX: bearing 201°T), and is situated 9.6 miles northeast of Brady. The air here carries the scent of parched earth and cured grasses, a stillness that deepens as the light shifts toward a pale, bruised violet at dusk. A mere mile away, the quiet passage of Little Brady Creek cuts a thin, wandering line through the brush, its banks offering a rare coolness in the heat of the afternoon. While the distant shadows of the Edwards Plateau occasionally haunt the western skyline, the immediate terrain remains defined by the openness of the scrubland and the persistent, low-slung scrub oaks that cling to the limestone-flecked soil.
Rochelle emerged from the ambition of the railroad era, a point of commerce where the iron tracks once dictated the pulse of local life. Agriculture remains the quiet engine of the region, with fences marking the boundaries of cattle range and hay fields that turn from emerald to brittle gold under the unrelenting sun. The social geography of the area finds its focus in the small, deliberate gatherings of neighbors and the slow, steady maintenance of the land. Beyond the immediate reach of the community, the waters of Soil Conservation Service Site 1 Reservoir collect the seasonal runoff, while the quiet paths of Belton Street Park offer a place to observe the birds that circle over the brush of Sweden Hollow. Life in Rochelle moves with the gravity of the seasons, an existence refined by the necessity of patience and the clarity of a sky that seems to hold more stars than the earth below can account for.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rochelle, Texas. Coordinates: 31.22461, -99.211161. 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 Rochelle includes the ZIP code (76872), telephone area code (325), county seat of McCulloch County (Brady), and school district assignment (Rochelle Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |