Pickton Texas Map

About Pickton, Texas

Pickton is a locality in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Pickton is located at 33.0282°N, 95.3930°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 75471.

Pickton rests in a landscape that speaks of gentle, patient shaping, a place where the land seems to exhale the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 14.3 miles east-southeast of Sulphur Springs, TX (from Sulphur Springs, TX: bearing 122°T), and is situated 7.7 miles northwest of Winnsboro. The terrain here is a soft, undulating canvas of East Texas piney woods, the tall trees standing like silent sentinels against a sky that often hangs in shades of bruised lavender at dusk. Creeks, no grand rivers but intimate, murmuring veins, thread through the undergrowth, their banks softened by moss and the fallen needles of seasons past. The air itself carries a certain weight, a humid sweetness that clings to the skin, a palpable reminder of the verdant life that thrives in this corner of the state. The story of Pickton is one of quiet persistence, its economy long tied to the bounty of the surrounding woods and the earth beneath. Sawmills, though perhaps fewer now than in generations past, hummed with the industrious spirit that cleared and built. The faint aroma of woodsmoke, even on a mild afternoon, hints at a connection to the land that runs deep, a practical understanding of its gifts. This is a place where neighbors know the turning of the seasons not just by calendar pages, but by the subtle shifts in the light that filters through the dense canopy, a quiet testament to a life lived in close communion with the natural world.

About This Pickton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pickton, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 33.028175, -95.393004. 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 Pickton and Hopkins County.

Detailed location data for Pickton includes the ZIP code (75471), 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 Pickton is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.