Peterman Alabama Map
Peterman, Houston County
Peterman, Alabama — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Peterman, Houston County.
Interactive Map of Peterman, Alabama
| City | Peterman |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Houston |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.199898 |
| Longitude | -85.479101 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Peterman, Alabama
Peterman is a locality in Houston County, Alabama, United States. Peterman is located at 31.1999°N, 85.4791°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36471.0.
Peterman rests in a landscape of rolling red earth, where the humid air hangs heavy with the scent of pine and damp soil. It lies 5.5 miles west-south-west of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 253°T), and is situated 2.5 miles north-north-west of Taylor. Broadleaf trees, their leaves whispering secrets in the breeze, mingle with the tall, straight trunks of slash pines, creating a verdant canopy that filters the sunlight into shifting patterns on the forest floor. The terrain here is not dramatic, but it possesses a quiet, yielding character, the land gently sloping towards unseen creeks and drainage ways. Dusk often paints the western sky in hues of bruised lavender and fading gold, a soft luminescence that seems to linger over the fields and along the edges of the woods, imbuing the ordinary with a fleeting, painterly quality. The story of Peterman is tied to the rich agricultural heritage of this part of Alabama, a history evident in the scattered farmsteads and the persistent echo of cotton and timber. For generations, the economy here has ebbed and flowed with the fortunes of the land, from the cultivation of crops to the harvesting of timber that still defines much of the surrounding scenery. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed this quiet corner, a resilient spirit endures, a testament to the generations who have worked this soil. The local character is one of enduring pragmatism, a quiet pride in self-sufficiency, and a deep connection to the land that has sustained Peterman through the seasons of its existence.
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About This Peterman Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Peterman, Alabama with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Peterman and Houston County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Peterman is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Peterman is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
