Spofford Texas Map

About Spofford, Texas

Spofford is a locality in Kinney County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 41. The population density is 66.0 people per km². Spofford is located at 29.1752°N, 100.4137°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Spofford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78832.

Spofford rises from the flat, sun-bleached expanse of the brush country, where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that demands everything from the earth. It lies 31.9 miles east-southeast of Del Rio, TX (from Del Rio, TX: bearing 114°T), and is situated 32.6 miles north of Eagle Pass. The air here holds a dry, persistent heat, carrying the scent of parched mesquite and dust that settles on the skin like fine powder. Imperialist Creek carves a shallow, intermittent scar through the limestone-flecked soil just a mile away, its bed often holding more shadows than water during the long, brassy afternoons. Beyond the immediate scrub, the land leans toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau, while the deeper depressions like Beef Canyon offer a brief, rugged respite from the relentless leveling of the plains. Light at dusk transforms the landscape, washing the low-lying vegetation in a bruised purple hue that makes the isolation feel deliberate and absolute.

Spofford carries the quiet weight of its origins as a junction where the iron rails once dictated the pulse of human movement. The local economy remains tethered to the vast, open-range cattle culture and the slow, mechanical rhythm of agricultural maintenance that keeps the regional spirit intact. Residents occasionally venture nine miles out to Rendevous Park to find a patch of managed green, or look toward the distant surface of Big Tank when the season allows for a rare gathering near the water. Life in Spofford moves with a deliberate, singular intensity, governed not by the frantic pace of the outside world, but by the maintenance of fences and the watchful eyes of those who have known this dirt for generations. It is a place where identity is found in the stillness of a porch chair, observing the way the wind moves through the dry grass, indifferent and constant.

About This Spofford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Spofford, Texas. Coordinates: 29.175239, -100.413688. 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 Spofford includes the ZIP code (78832), telephone area code (512, 830), county seat of Kinney County (Brackettville), and school district assignment (Brackett 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.