Providence Alabama Map

About Providence, Alabama

Providence is a locality in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 167. The population density is 37.0 people per km². Providence is located at 32.3424°N, 87.7761°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Providence is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35160, 36748, 35579.

Providence emerges from the dense, humid expanse of the Alabama interior as a quiet arrangement of red-clay roads and longleaf pine stands. It lies 44.5 miles west of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 264°T), and is situated 12.6 miles south-southeast of Demopolis. The landscape surrounding Providence unfolds in subtle, undulating rhythms, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Whirl Creek as it carves through the local terrain only a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant silhouette of Beach Ridge anchors the western horizon, providing a permanent, hazy boundary against the vast sky. Nearby, the quiet waters of Owensby Lake Number One reflect the golden, heavy light of late afternoon, while the verdant boundaries of Chickasaw State Park preserve the wilder, wooded character of the region.

Agriculture and the patient cultivation of the soil have long defined the economic pulse of Providence, where the seasonal cycles of peach and pecan harvests dictate the quiet pace of the calendar. The architecture of the area remains rooted in its history, reflecting a legacy of agrarian labor and the persistent, quiet endurance of the families who first worked this stubborn, iron-rich earth. Life here moves with a steady, unforced gravity, unaffected by the frantic demands of larger industrial centers. Whether observing the way the humid air clings to the bottomland hardwoods or noting the deep, silent shadows cast by the afternoon sun, one perceives that Providence maintains a singular, grounded identity, detached from the transient noise of the modern world.

About This Providence Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Providence, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.342386, -87.776115. 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 Providence includes the ZIP code (35160, 36748, 35579), telephone area code (205, 334), county seat of Marengo County (Linden), and school district assignment (Linden City 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.