Brashear Texas Map

About Brashear, Texas

Brashear is a locality in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Brashear is located at 33.1187°N, 95.7336°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 75420.

Brashear, Texas, unfolds across a landscape where the deep greens of East Texas begin to soften, hinting at the drier expanses to come. It lies 7.8 miles west of Sulphur Springs, TX (from Sulphur Springs, TX: bearing 260°T), and is situated 13.1 miles southeast of Commerce. Here, the land is a gently undulating prairie, a broad canvas painted with fields of wheat and sorghum that shimmer under the vast, often cerulean sky. Scattered stands of mesquite and live oak punctuate the horizon, their gnarled branches reaching like ancient hands towards the sun. The air itself carries a certain weight, a palpable stillness that can feel both profound and a little melancholy, especially as the late afternoon light casts long, attenuated shadows across the sun-baked earth, turning the dust motes into a fleeting, golden snowfall. The history of Brashear is as much a part of its character as the soil beneath its feet. Founded by early settlers drawn to the fertile ground and the promise of a life built from the land, Brashear’s economy has long been tethered to agriculture, with cotton and cattle once forming the bedrock of its prosperity. Though the oil and gas industry has brought its own brand of boom and bust, leaving behind the occasional rusted pumpjack like a forgotten sentinel, the enduring spirit of the place remains deeply agrarian. There’s a quiet dignity to Brashear, a sense of continuity in the way the days unfold, marked not by grand pronouncements but by the steady hum of rural life, the distant lowing of cattle, and the slow, deliberate pace of a community that knows the value of patience and persistence.

About This Brashear Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brashear, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 33.118726, -95.733571. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Brashear and Hopkins County.

Detailed location data for Brashear includes the ZIP code (75420), telephone area code (972, 469), county seat of Hopkins County (Sulphur Springs), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Brashear is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.