Petrey Alabama Map

About Petrey, Alabama

Petrey is a locality in Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 35.2 people per km². Petrey is located at 31.8488°N, 86.2077°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Petrey is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36049, 36062.

Petrey occupies a quiet expanse of Alabama land where the low, sun-drenched horizon is broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Gopher Ridge. It lies 14.2 miles west-northwest of Troy, AL (from Troy, AL: bearing 281°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north-northeast of Luverne. Blue Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the red-clay earth nearby, its dark waters reflecting the heavy, humid air that clings to the bottomland hardwoods and longleaf pines. A mile from the center, The Beaver Pond holds a stillness that seems to suspend the afternoon, its surface occasionally disturbed by the movement of small creatures in the reeds. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the fields to a deep, resonant copper that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the trees.

Petrey maintains a rhythm governed by the slow cycles of the soil and the legacy of agricultural industry that has defined the region for generations. The modest landscape is punctuated by the quiet persistence of family plots and the memory of those who worked the peach and pecan groves when the seasons allowed. While the vast, protected expanses of the State-owned Submerged Lands lie miles away, the immediate surroundings of Petrey remain tied to the quiet labor of the land and the endurance of its people. Life moves with a measured, unadorned patience, leaving the air heavy with the scent of damp earth and the steady, unremarkable beauty of a place that asks for nothing more than to be seen as it truly is.

About This Petrey Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Petrey, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.848764, -86.207738. 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 Petrey includes the ZIP code (36049, 36062), telephone area code (334, 251), county seat of Crenshaw County (Luverne), and school district assignment (Crenshaw 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.