Banks Alabama Map

About Banks, Alabama

Banks is a locality in Pike County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 156. The population density is 30.3 people per km². Banks is located at 31.8133°N, 85.8364°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Banks is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35188, 36005.

Banks emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet collection of dwellings and open fields, defined by the slow, humid pulse of the inland South. It lies 7.5 miles east of Troy, AL (from Troy, AL: bearing 87°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-northwest of Brundidge. The landscape surrounding Banks consists of expansive, sun-bleached pastures and thickets of longleaf pine that cast long, thin shadows across the dirt roads as the day wanes. Eight miles to the west, the subtle rise of Wolfpit Hill breaks the horizon, a solitary landmark in an otherwise level expanse of hardwood stands and agricultural plots. When the air settles, the humidity softens the edges of the horizon, blurring the line between the sky and the dense, green tree lines that border the local creek.

History in Banks is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring cycle of the harvest and the persistent rhythm of agrarian life. Pecan groves and small-scale farming define the local economy, maintaining a connection to the soil that has persisted through generations of change. The character of the place remains modest, favoring the steady work of the sun-drenched fields over the frantic pace of larger centers. Life here moves with the seasons, marked by the arrival of warm, heavy air and the quiet industry of those who have made this patch of Alabama their own, finding a particular beauty in the way the light catches the dust on a late summer afternoon.

About This Banks Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Banks, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.813264, -85.836434. 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 Banks includes the ZIP code (35188, 36005), telephone area code (205, 256, 334, 251), county seat of Pike County (Troy), and school district assignment (Pike County School District).

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.