Boykin Alabama Map

About Boykin, Alabama

Boykin is a locality in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 208. The population density is 28.7 people per km². Boykin is located at 32.0684°N, 87.2943°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 36474, 36426, 36723.

Boykin occupies a quiet expanse of Alabama where the horizon is defined by the steady, measured reach of longleaf pine and the dense, shadowed silhouettes of bottomland hardwood. It lies 27.4 miles southwest of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 214°T), and is situated 34.4 miles south-southwest of Valley Grande. The air here holds a heavy, persistent humidity that seems to slow the progression of the afternoon, softening the edges of the red-clay back roads as they wind through the landscape. To the north, the faint, hazy outlines of the Grumpton Hills interrupt the flat, timbered skyline, providing a distant anchor for a terrain that otherwise favors the subtle, low-slung grace of the prairie. Moisture clings to the Spanish moss that drapes from the oaks, turning the light at dusk into a muted, bruised lavender that settles over the fields like a physical weight.

Boykin maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the earth, its economy long rooted in the quiet labor of agriculture and the seasonal harvest of pecans. The legacy of the land is layered with a profound sense of history, a weight felt in the stillness of the fields and the endurance of those who work them. A short distance away, the quiet grounds of Roland Cooper State Park offer a place for the landscape to breathe, acting as a buffer between the encroaching woods and the scattered, enduring homesteads. Daily life in Boykin moves with an understated persistence, marked by the sound of tires on gravel and the occasional, distant call of a bird echoing across a nearby stream, suggesting a world that prefers its stories kept close to the soil.

About This Boykin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boykin, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.068375, -87.294343. 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 Boykin includes the ZIP code (36474, 36426, 36723), telephone area code (251, 334), county seat of Wilcox County (Camden), and school district assignment (Wilcox 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.