Hobson City Alabama Map
Explore Hobson City, Alabama, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Hobson City, Alabama
How to Use This Hobson City, Alabama Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hobson City, Alabama. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Alabama or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Hobson City.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Hobson City |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Calhoun County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.621493 |
| Longitude | -85.844132 |
| Population | 759 |
| Density | 280.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 36201, 36203 |
| Area Code | 334 |
| County Seat | Anniston |
| School District | Oxford City School District |
About Hobson City, Alabama
Hobson City is a locality in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 759. The population density is 280.2 people per km². Hobson City is located at 33.6215°N, 85.8441°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hobson City is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36201, 36203.Hobson City anchors a quiet stretch of land where the humid, heavy air of the deep interior clings to the broad leaves of bottomland hardwoods. The landscape rises toward Washer Hill, a modest elevation that breaks the horizon, while the terrain slopes gently toward the nearby waters of Choccolocco Creek. Beyond the immediate clearings, the shadows of the Talladega National Forest deepen the afternoon light, casting a long, amber glow across the red-clay earth that defines the regional soil. Hobson City Park serves as a central gathering point, offering a patch of green space where the pace of the day slows to the rhythm of rustling pines and the distant, cooling stillness of Blue Pond.
History breathes through the streets of Hobson City, an incorporated municipality born of resilience and the pursuit of self-governance in the wake of the nineteenth century. The local economy remains tethered to the industrious spirit of the surrounding plains, where the legacy of agriculture and small-scale commerce has shaped the identity of its residents for generations. Travelers passing through might glimpse the quiet strength of the community, where the weight of civil-rights memory informs the present, and the collective memory of the populace remains as enduring as the nearby reach of Buck Horn Valley. Life here unfolds with a deliberate, steady grace, marked by the simple, honest beauty of a sun-drenched porch and the persistent, quiet dignity of a place that has long charted its own independent course.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Hobson City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 164° S
- Coldwater Mountain (State Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 323° NW
- AmStar Stadium Cinema 12 (Cinema) — 1.3 mi, 114° SE
- Oxford Community Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 131° SE
- Freedom Riders National Monument (National Monument) — 2.6 mi, 016° N · 6 acres
- Greyhound Mural (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 016° N
- Samuel Noble Monument (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 022° N
- State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 3.0 mi, 111° E
- Greyhound Bus Burning Site (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 285° W
- Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.3 mi, 052° NE · 18k acres
- Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 4.8 mi, 168° S · 395k acres
- Cheaha State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 168° S
- Choccolocco Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 050° NE
- Choccolocco State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.9 mi, 050° NE
- Bald Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 166° S
- Highest Point in Alabama (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 168° S
- Chief Chenneby Grave (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 216° SW
- Cheaha Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.6 mi, 175° S · 7,400 acres
- Carlton Ward Theater (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 018° N
- Janney Furnace Civil War and Native American Museum and Interpritive Center (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 320° NW
- Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.6 mi, 040° NE · 8,947 acres
- Talladega College Entrance Gate (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 230° SW
- Talladega College Sign (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 230° SW
- Bell UH-1 (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 165° S
- Noccalula Falls Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 30.7 mi, 340° N
- Kathy Cashen Recital Hall (Theatre) — 43.2 mi, 094° E
- Boaz 9 Cinema (Cinema) — 43.6 mi, 336° NW
- Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 43.8 mi, 358° N
- Blue Door Gallery (Gallery) — 44.4 mi, 093° E
- Catie Radney's Studio (Arts Centre) — 47.2 mi, 188° S
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About This Hobson City Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hobson City, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.621493, -85.844132. 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 Hobson City includes the ZIP code (36201, 36203), telephone area code (334), county seat of Calhoun County (Anniston), and school district assignment (Oxford City School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
