Boykin Alabama Map

About Boykin, Alabama

Boykin is a locality in Escambia 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 emerges from the red-clay earth, defined by the winding course of Clear Creek that carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 61.3 miles west of Enterprise, AL (from Enterprise, AL: bearing 259°T), and is situated 12.0 miles east-northeast of Brewton. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, clinging to the longleaf pines and bottomland hardwoods that define the horizon. Just a mile away, the State-owned Submerged Lands preserve a quiet, untamed wilderness where the water table dictates the rhythm of the soil. Beyond the immediate thickets, the land rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sandstone Hill, while the expansive, flat fields seem to absorb the amber light of late afternoon until the shadows stretch long and thin across the dirt roads.

History in Boykin is written in the silence of the fields and the enduring memory of those who worked the land for generations, fueling a local economy long rooted in the harvest of pecans and the slow cycle of agricultural labor. The pace of life remains tethered to the seasons, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger centers, where the primary movement is the steady flow of Clear Creek toward the interior plains. While Bear Bay lies fourteen miles to the north, the focus here remains on the immediate intimacy of the woods and the persistent, slow growth of the timber. Every porch and weathered fence post in Boykin holds a quiet dignity, reflecting a landscape that demands patience and rewards the observer with the stark, unvarnished beauty of the deep inland South.

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 Escambia County (Brewton), 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.