Flomaton Alabama Map

About Flomaton, Alabama

Flomaton is a locality in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,466. The population density is 111.3 people per km². Flomaton is located at 31.0148°N, 87.2560°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Flomaton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36441.

Flomaton anchors itself where the dark, tannin-stained waters of the Big Escambia Creek carve a slow, meandering path through the red clay and longleaf pine forests of southern Alabama. It lies 44.9 miles east-northeast of Spanish Fort, AL (from Spanish Fort, AL: bearing 60°T), and is situated 13.9 miles east of Atmore. The landscape shifts from these damp, shaded lowlands toward the gentle rise of Sand Mound, a modest elevation that breaks the horizon just three miles away. Sunlight here often possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the dust stirred up by tires on narrow, unpaved roads while the humid air hangs thick with the scent of pine needles and damp earth. Eleven miles to the north, the waters of Brantley Lake offer a quiet stillness, mirroring the surrounding hardwoods that define the character of the region.

Flomaton carries the weight of a history rooted in the iron veins of the railroad, which once dictated the pulse of local commerce and movement. The economy remains tethered to the land and the transit of goods, with the quiet presence of the Flomaton Community Center serving as a central point for the daily lives of residents who walk streets lined with aging timber and brick. Distant echoes of the Escambia National Experimental Forest inform the local relationship with the timber industry, a practice that has shaped the rhythm of labor for generations. While the pace of the day moves with the deliberate gravity of the deep interior, there is a distinct, quiet beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the tracks at dusk, signaling the end of another shift in a place defined by its steady, inland persistence.

About This Flomaton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Flomaton, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.014816, -87.256016. 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 Flomaton includes the ZIP code (36441), telephone area code (251), county seat of Escambia County (Brewton), and school district assignment (Escambia 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.