Arab Alabama Map

About Arab, Alabama

Arab is a locality in Marshall County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 8,679. The population density is 248.4 people per km². Arab is located at 34.3182°N, 86.4958°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 35016.

Arab is a place where the red earth exhales a humid breath, settling over rolling hills that ripple towards the horizon. It lies 28.9 miles south of Huntsville, AL (from Huntsville, AL: bearing 170°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-north-east of Baileyton. The landscape here is a study in greens and browns, a mosaic of dense forests giving way to patchwork fields where cotton plants, their bolls white and ready, stand like patient sentinels. The air itself seems to possess a gentle weight, thick with the scent of pine needles and the distant hum of cicadas, a sound that becomes the ambient music of summer afternoons. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, doesn't so much dapple as it pools, creating pools of liquid gold on the forest floor, a quiet testament to the slow, persistent work of light and shadow. The character of Arab is etched in this enduring, verdant embrace. The history of Arab is tied to the rich agricultural soil and the resilient spirit of its people, who have coaxed a living from these lands for generations. While the precise origins of its name remain a subject of local lore, the town’s development reflects the broader patterns of rural Alabama, its economy once deeply rooted in farming, particularly cotton and corn. Today, that agricultural heritage still lends a particular cadence to life, though the local economy has diversified to include manufacturing and small businesses, creating a steady, unhurried pulse. Notable landmarks are fewer than grand pronouncements, more like quiet acknowledgements of time and place – a weathered general store, a sturdy church steeple rising above the trees – each holding a silent narrative of the lives lived and the dreams pursued within Arab's gentle, rolling embrace.

About This Arab Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arab, Alabama — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 34.31815, -86.495822. 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 Arab and Marshall County.

Detailed location data for Arab includes the ZIP code (35016), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Marshall County (Guntersville), and school district assignment (Arab City 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 Arab is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.