Explore Abbeville, Alabama, 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 Abbeville, Alabama. 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 Alabama 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 Abbeville.
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 | Abbeville |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Henry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.564724 |
| Longitude | -85.259123 |
| Population | 2,358 |
| Density | 58.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 36310 |
| Area Code | 334 |
| County Seat | Abbeville |
| School District | Henry County School District |
Abbeville rises from the red clay earth of southeastern Alabama, a place where the heavy, humid air settles over stands of longleaf pine and hardwood bottomlands. It lies 22.9 miles south-southwest of Eufaula, AL (from Eufaula, AL: bearing 196°T), and is situated 16.2 miles north-northeast of Headland. The landscape stretches out in broad, quiet expanses that feel miles removed from the frantic pace of the modern world, anchored by the slow, persistent movement of Town Creek just a mile away. To the west, the distant outline of the Baker Hill Cuesta provides a faint, jagged punctuation to the horizon, visible only when the afternoon haze thins. Closer to the center of life here, the quiet surface of Messick Pond reflects the shifting light of dusk, its waters undisturbed by the demands of the surrounding fields. The quality of light in Abbeville at twilight is a deep, bruised gold, casting long shadows that emphasize the solid, unpretentious geometry of the local architecture.
Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of Abbeville, defined by the seasonal cycles of pecan orchards and the stubborn fertility of the soil that has sustained generations of families. The history of the area is etched into the modest storefronts and the weathered brickwork of the square, where the commerce of the present day sits comfortably alongside the lingering echoes of a long, complex past. Life moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, dictated more by the ripening of crops and the subtle changes in temperature than by the clocks in the city. On quiet mornings, the scent of damp earth and pine needles rises from the ground, a reminder that Abbeville is a place shaped by its deep roots in the land. Residents navigate their days with a steady familiarity, moving between the local markets and the surrounding woods, maintaining a way of life that values persistence and the quiet dignity of the work at hand.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Abbeville, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.564724, -85.259123. 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 Abbeville includes the ZIP code (36310), telephone area code (334), county seat of Henry County (Abbeville), and school district assignment (Henry County 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. |