Goshen Alabama Map

About Goshen, Alabama

Goshen is a locality in Pike County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 269. The population density is 40.5 people per km². Goshen is located at 31.7229°N, 86.1183°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Goshen is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36035.

Goshen occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the Robertson Branch, which carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy, red-clay soil of the Alabama interior. It lies 10.5 miles southwest of Troy, AL (from Troy, AL: bearing 236°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east of Luverne. Low-slung woodlands of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood dominate the horizon, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Gopher Ridge rising to the west. The air here holds a permanent, humid weight, thick with the scent of damp earth and pine needles, especially as the light softens into a bruised purple at dusk. Only two miles from the quiet stillness of Folmars Pond, the terrain remains largely undisturbed, marked by the presence of State-owned Submerged Lands that preserve the natural character of the local topography.

Goshen maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the agricultural season, with the surrounding fields serving as the primary engine for the local economy. The history of the settlement remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the land, where the deep iron-rich soil has supported generations of families who view the passing seasons as the true measure of time. Life moves with a gravity that feels indifferent to the frantic pace of the wider world, favoring instead the steady labor of the harvest and the maintenance of back roads that snake through the dense, verdant cover. Even as the modern world encroaches, the quietude of the region persists, anchored by the resilience of those who continue to cultivate the red earth beneath a wide, unchanging sky.

About This Goshen Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Goshen, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.722935, -86.118288. 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 Goshen includes the ZIP code (36035), telephone area code (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.