Explore Thompsonville, 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 Thompsonville, 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 Thompsonville.
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 | Thompsonville |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Gonzales County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 27.260012 |
| Longitude | -98.784671 |
| Population | 26 |
| Density | 2.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 78632, 78959, 78361 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Gonzales |
| School District | Jim Hogg County Independent School District |
Thompsonville emerges from the sun-bleached expanse of the Texas plains as a quiet collection of structures defined by the wide, open sky and the shifting shadows of the landscape. It lies 21.4 miles southeast of Lockhart, TX (from Lockhart, TX: bearing 126°T), and is situated 14.5 miles north-northeast of Gonzales. The horizon is dominated by the subtle, rounded profile of Round Mountain, which anchors the view to the west, while the immediate topography dips into the low, shadowed creases of Chalk Hollow. Through this arid terrain, the waters of Buck Branch trace a thin, seasonal line, carving a modest path through the earth that provides a rare, muted contrast to the surrounding fields. At dusk, the light here possesses a peculiar, honeyed thickness, turning the dry grasses to shades of copper and violet before the sudden, cool clarity of a starlit night settles over the ground.
Thompsonville remains a place where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow, deliberate work of the land and the endurance of those who tend it. The local economy persists in the tradition of the range, with the nearby Kestner Double D Ranch serving as a reminder of the vast, managed tracts that have shaped the region’s identity for generations. While the pace is measured, there is a persistent, industrious spirit here, often reflected in the maintenance of infrastructure that links the community to the broader, distant plains. Occasionally, residents travel toward the Soil Conservation Service Site 21 Reservoir, a distant point of stillness that serves as a landmark in an otherwise unbroken stretch of ranching country. Life in Thompsonville continues with an understated gravity, grounded in the practical concerns of the soil and the quiet, recurring cycles of the seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Thompsonville, Texas. Coordinates: 27.260012, -98.784671. 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 Thompsonville includes the ZIP code (78632, 78959, 78361), telephone area code (830), county seat of Gonzales County (Gonzales), and school district assignment (Jim Hogg 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. |