San Ygnacio Texas Map
Explore San Ygnacio, 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.
Interactive Map of San Ygnacio, Texas
How to Use This San Ygnacio, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for San Ygnacio, 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 San Ygnacio.
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 | San Ygnacio |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Zapata County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 27.053177 |
| Longitude | -99.423748 |
| Population | 504 |
| Density | 127.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78067 |
| Area Code | 210, 726 |
| County Seat | Zapata |
| School District | Zapata County Independent School District |
About San Ygnacio, Texas
San Ygnacio is a locality in Zapata County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 504. The population density is 127.9 people per km². San Ygnacio is located at 27.0532°N, 99.4237°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78067.San Ygnacio defines the landscape where El Grullo Creek carves a persistent, narrow vein through the arid, sun-bleached expanse of South Texas. It lies 32.3 miles south of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 173°T), and is situated 14.0 miles northwest of Zapata. The terrain remains dominated by low-lying brush and limestone outcroppings, stretching toward the horizon where the silhouette of Mogotes Hill rises as a faint, jagged interruption against the persistent glare of the afternoon sky. Three miles to the east, the depression of El Arroyo Zopilote adds a subtle depth to the flat plains, while the expanse of Falcon Reservoir sits four miles away, offering a vast, still mirror to the relentless heat. The air here holds a heavy, dry stillness, punctuated only by the occasional rustle of mesquite and the sharp, clear light that drains the color from the earth at midday, leaving the world in shades of pale dust and burnt ochre.
San Ygnacio carries the weight of a frontier history, its architecture composed of sandstone and mortar that recall a time when the region served as a vital link in the movement of goods and people across the borderlands. The local economy persists in the quiet traditions of ranching and the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural life, far removed from the frantic pulse of industrial centers. Life here moves in coordination with the shifting shadows of the scrubland, maintaining a cultural continuity that values the endurance of the land above the rapid turnover of modernity. Residents find a quiet rhythm in the proximity of Unknown Park, which offers a tether to the uncultivated wild, while the town itself remains a sturdy repository of regional heritage, standing firm against the erosion of time and the encroaching silence of the surrounding brush.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- San Ygnacio (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 241° SW
- Jesus Trevino Home (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 246° SW
- Old Ramireño (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 143° SE
- La Paz Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 035° NE
- Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 12.8 mi, 136° SE
- Romeo T. Flores Park (Local Park) — 14.5 mi, 137° SE
- Public Falcon Lake Park & Boat Ramp (Local Park) — 15.5 mi, 140° SE
- Palomino(Laredo College Mascot[horse]) (Public Artwork) — 26.6 mi, 352° N
- River Bend Park (Local Conservation Area) — 31.2 mi, 349° N
- Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 351° N
- Los Olvidados Art Gallery (Gallery) — 31.5 mi, 351° N
- Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 31.9 mi, 349° N
- Star Fort, Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 32.4 mi, 349° N
- Lake Casa Blanca State Park (State Park) — 33.1 mi, 358° N
- Recreational Area (Local Recreation) — 33.1 mi, 360° N
- Falcon State Park (State Park) — 36.0 mi, 152° SE
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.0 mi, 152° SE · 277k acres
- Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 42.3 mi, 140° SE
- Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 55.3 mi, 147° SE
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About This San Ygnacio Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of San Ygnacio, Texas. Coordinates: 27.053177, -99.423748. 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 Ygnacio includes the ZIP code (78067), telephone area code (210, 726), county seat of Zapata County (Zapata), and school district assignment (Zapata County 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. |
