San Felipe Texas Map

About San Felipe, Texas

San Felipe is a locality in Austin County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,334. The population density is 50.1 people per km². San Felipe is located at 29.7930°N, 96.1008°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77474.

San Felipe anchors itself upon the fertile, alluvial plains where the heavy silence of the earth meets the slow, deliberate current of the Brazos River. It lies 14.0 miles west-northwest of Fulshear, TX (from Fulshear, TX: bearing 301°T), and is situated 3.5 miles east-northeast of Sealy. Sunlight here possesses a distinct, syrupy quality, thickening as it filters through the dense canopy of hardwoods that define the riparian corridor. Three miles away, the quiet basin of Garret Lake catches the pale, slanted light of late afternoon, mirroring a sky that seems to stretch infinitely over the flat, agrarian expanse. The horizon remains unbroken by the jagged silhouette of any distant range, save for the faint, atmospheric suggestion of Elm Ridge shimmering thirty-one miles to the west, a ghost of stone suspended in the heat haze. History permeates the soil of San Felipe, marking it as the site where the foundations of early Texan governance were first laid in the mud of the river valley. The rhythm of daily life unfolds at a measured pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of industrial centers, drawing instead from the quiet persistence of the land and the stewardship of the Stephen F Austin State Park. Visitors who wander the Stephen F Austin State Park Trail find themselves walking through a landscape that has shifted from the bustling political hub of a colonial past to a tranquil expanse of preserved woodland. Today, the economy leans into the quiet strength of regional agriculture and the steady, unassuming maintenance of its heritage, allowing San Felipe to exist as a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual change of the seasonal leaves.

About This San Felipe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of San Felipe, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 29.793009, -96.100793. 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 San Felipe and Austin County.

Detailed location data for San Felipe includes the ZIP code (77474), telephone area code (281), county seat of Austin County (Bellville), and school district assignment (Sealy Independent School District). 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 San Felipe is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.