Explore Sivells Bend, 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 Sivells Bend, 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 Sivells Bend.
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 | Sivells Bend |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Cooke County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.849825 |
| Longitude | -97.223904 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 76240, 76272 |
| Area Code | 817 |
| County Seat | Gainesville |
Sivells Bend occupies a quiet curve of red-earth topography where the land yields to the persistent, slow-moving pulse of Bear Head Creek just two miles away. It lies 16.3 miles north-northwest of Gainesville, TX (from Gainesville, TX: bearing 341°T), and is situated 8.6 miles southwest of Marietta. The terrain here is defined by a deep, inland stillness, characterized by wide fields that stretch toward the subtle, uneven elevation of Three Mounds rising three miles distant. At dusk, the quality of light in Sivells Bend takes on a bruised, copper hue, casting long shadows across the prairie grasses that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has slipped below the horizon. The proximity of Blue Hollow five miles away softens the landscape, creating a gentle depression in the earth that catches the morning mist and keeps the soil dark and fertile for the scattered patches of timber and brush that dot the perimeter.
Agriculture remains the quiet engine of Sivells Bend, a legacy of families who have worked this soil for generations to cultivate the hardy grasses and crops suited to the climate of the interior plains. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers, though the proximity of Hubert M Moss Lake five miles away provides a singular point of focus for the local landscape. Residents occasionally venture toward the boundaries of Bartush Ranch, seven miles out, where the preservation of the land mirrors the broader commitment to maintaining the rural character of the region. The economy is modest and self-contained, relying on the steady rhythm of ranching and land stewardship, where the primary social connection is found in the shared maintenance of fences and the seasonal observation of the shifting winds across the open expanse.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sivells Bend, Texas. Coordinates: 33.849825, -97.223904. 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 Sivells Bend includes the ZIP code (76240, 76272), telephone area code (817), county seat of Cooke County (Gainesville), and school district assignment.
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. |