Hobson Alabama Map

About Hobson, Alabama

Hobson is a locality in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 13.1 people per km². Hobson is located at 31.4887°N, 88.1509°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 35224, 36274, 36518.

Hobson emerges from the dense, tangled thickets of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood where the air holds the heavy, humid weight of the inland basin. It lies 33.7 miles southeast of Oxford, AL (from Oxford, AL: bearing 133°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-northwest of Roanoke. Rollins Creek carves a dark, persistent path through the red-clay soil, its current muted by the overhanging canopy that filters the afternoon light into shifting patterns of copper and amber. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Backbone Ridge defines the horizon, providing a distant anchor to the otherwise flat, pine-shadowed horizon. A mile from the center, the still, tea-colored waters of McManus Pond serve as a quiet mirror for the sky, while five miles away, the persistent rush of High Shoals Falls echoes through the timber, marking a dramatic break in the otherwise steady, terrestrial calm of the landscape.

Hobson maintains an economy tied closely to the slow cycles of the timber harvest and the small-scale cultivation of pecan groves that have stood for generations on the outskirts of the settlement. The pace of life here is defined by the red-clay back roads that bloom with dust in the dry months and cling to the tires like iron filings after a thunderstorm. While the State-owned Submerged Lands remain a quiet sanctuary for local flora and fauna seven miles out, the character of Hobson itself is shaped by the enduring memory of those who worked the land under the heat of the southern sun. There is a particular, solitary dignity in the way the local life unfolds, marked by the smell of damp earth and the quiet persistence of people who have learned to measure time by the turning of the seasons rather than the fleeting pressures of the world beyond the ridge.

About This Hobson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hobson, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.488725, -88.150928. 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 includes the ZIP code (35224, 36274, 36518), telephone area code (334, 251), county seat of Randolph County (Wedowee), and school district assignment (Washington 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.