San Pedro Texas Map

About San Pedro, Texas

San Pedro is a locality in Houston County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 442. The population density is 139.4 people per km². San Pedro is located at 25.9811°N, 97.5882°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 75844, 78380, 78520.

San Pedro emerges from the pine-heavy silence of East Texas, where the land holds its breath under a canopy of loblolly and shortleaf. It lies 24.7 miles southeast of Palestine, TX (from Palestine, TX: bearing 143°T), and is situated 11.9 miles north-northeast of Crockett. Cook Branch carves a quiet, persistent path through the local clay, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-slung grace that defines the immediate topography. Seven miles to the west, the rise of Houston Mound breaks the horizon, a subtle reminder of the geological patience required to shape this terrain. Only a mile away, the Davy Crockett National Forest extends its thick, shadowed reach, bringing a deep, resinous scent of pine needles and damp earth into the very streets of San Pedro when the wind shifts from the north.

Economic life in San Pedro has long been measured by the seasonal turn of the timber industry and the slow, steady cultivation of the surrounding fields. The residents carry an awareness of the deeper geography, often looking toward the waters of Houston County Lake, eleven miles distant, when the heat of the afternoon settles into the red soil. Those who seek the rhythms of the earth often wander toward the Mission Tejas State Park Trail, finding in those ten miles of distance a connection to the long, layered history of the region. Life here moves with a pragmatic intensity, defined by the sound of trucks on blacktop and the way the light turns a bruised, singular gold as it filters through the tall timber during the final hour of the day.

About This San Pedro Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of San Pedro, Texas. Coordinates: 25.981132, -97.58817. 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 San Pedro includes the ZIP code (75844, 78380, 78520), telephone area code (830), county seat of Houston County (Crockett), and school district assignment (Brownsville 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.