Explore Villa Verde, 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 Villa Verde, 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 Villa Verde.
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 | Villa Verde |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.13202 |
| Longitude | -97.998337 |
| Population | 711 |
| Density | 936.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78596 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Edinburg |
| School District | Weslaco Independent School District |
Villa Verde emerges from the flat, sun-drenched expanse of the south Texas plains, where the horizon stretches wide and the light holds a pale, dusty clarity that seems to bleach the color from the midday sky. It lies 2.0 miles south-southwest of Weslaco, TX (from Weslaco, TX: bearing 194°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east-southeast of Alamo. Low-lying brush and hardy scrub define the immediate landscape, interrupted only by the silver, winding thread of the Arroyo Colorado as it carves its slow progress through the silt just a mile to the south. The air here carries the scent of baked earth and dried grasses, a fragrance that intensifies when the wind shifts across the open acreage toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sunrise Hill. At dusk, the temperature drops with a sudden, merciful grace, turning the shadows into long, violet shapes that stretch across the quiet streets and the nearby fields.
Villa Verde maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in a history of agriculture and the deep, persistent influence of border-country culture that colors every conversation and shared meal. The local economy relies on the stewardship of the surrounding soil, with the daily rhythm of work often spilling over into the Harlon Block Sports Complex, where the evening hours are marked by the sound of cleats on turf and the murmur of families gathered in the cooling air. While the Mercedes Settling Basin lies seven miles away as a quiet, functional presence in the landscape, the town itself remains an island of human industry amidst the vast, agricultural grid. Life in Villa Verde is defined by this quiet continuity, a place where the weight of the sun and the vastness of the plains demand a certain patience from those who call the region home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Villa Verde, Texas. Coordinates: 26.13202, -97.998337. 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 Villa Verde includes the ZIP code (78596), telephone area code (830), county seat of Hidalgo County (Edinburg), and school district assignment (Weslaco 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. |