Explore Villarreal, 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 Villarreal, 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 Villarreal.
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 | Villarreal |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Starr County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.3072 |
| Longitude | -98.6443 |
| Population | 112 |
| Density | 635.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78582 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Rio Grande City |
| School District | Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District |
Villarreal anchors itself upon a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising against a sky of pale, electric blue. It lies 12.0 miles east-southeast of Rio Grande City, TX (from Rio Grande City, TX: bearing 115°T), and is situated 5.4 miles west-northwest of Sullivan City. Dry, thorny scrub and stiff grasses dominate the landscape, interrupted only by the occasional silhouette of a mesquite tree standing as a solitary sentinel against the heat. The air carries the scent of baked dust and sage, a dry perfume that intensifies as the sun lowers, casting long, bruised shadows across the earth. Nearby, the banks of Salado Creek provide a thin, verdant ribbon of life where the soil holds enough moisture to sustain thicker brush, though the water itself often retreats into sluggish, mud-caked pools during the height of the summer drought. To the distant northwest, the faint, hazy outline of Gongora Hill breaks the monotony of the plains, a reminder of the geological shifts that once rippled through this quiet corner of the world.
Villarreal exists as a quiet testament to the enduring resilience of those who carved a life out of this unforgiving brush country, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the relentless arc of the sun. The local economy remains tied to the land, rooted in the hard work of ranching and the persistent labor required to coax utility from the arid soil, while the presence of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the surrounding wild spaces remain a sanctuary for the hawks and jackrabbits that have claimed this territory as their own. History here is felt in the architecture of the older structures, built with a pragmatic, unadorned strength meant to withstand the shifting winds and the heavy, mid-afternoon light that turns everything to gold. Residents often look toward the horizon near La Joya Lake, where the water offers a cooling reprieve from the heat, and the life of Villarreal continues with a steady, deliberate pace, unbothered by the frantic movement of the world beyond its borders.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Villarreal, Texas. Coordinates: 26.3072, -98.6443. 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 Villarreal includes the ZIP code (78582), telephone area code (830), county seat of Starr County (Rio Grande City), and school district assignment (Rio Grande City Grulla 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. |