Explore Spofford, 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 Spofford, 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 Spofford.
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 | Spofford |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Kinney County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.175239 |
| Longitude | -100.413688 |
| Population | 41 |
| Density | 66.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 78832 |
| Area Code | 512, 830 |
| County Seat | Brackettville |
| School District | Brackett Independent School District |
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.
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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).
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. |