Putnam Alabama Map

About Putnam, Alabama

Putnam is a locality in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 172. The population density is 7.0 people per km². Putnam is located at 32.0226°N, 88.0314°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36784.

Putnam endures as a quiet collection of dwellings anchored in the deep, red-clay mantle of the Alabama interior. It lies 64.8 miles west-southwest of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 246°T), and is situated 18.9 miles west-northwest of Thomasville. The terrain here is defined by a slow, rhythmic subsidence of land toward the water, where the dense canopy of longleaf pine gives way to the shadowed, humid thickets of bottomland hardwood. Only a mile away, the dark, unhurried flow of Horse Creek carves through the earth, while three miles distant, the expansive surface of Coffeeville Lake reflects the heavy, golden light of the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the modest rise of Campbell Mountain breaks the horizon, a solitary landmark that serves as a silent observer to the shifting weather patterns moving across the plains.

Agriculture and the quiet persistence of timber management form the skeleton of the local economy, maintaining a pace of life governed by the changing seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. Putnam remains a place where the memory of civil rights struggles lingers in the quietude of back roads, and the legacy of pecan and peach orchards defines the seasonal labor of the inhabitants. To the south, the protected expanse of State-owned Submerged Lands preserves a sliver of the wilder, untamed landscape, ensuring that the ecological character of the region remains largely undisturbed. Life in Putnam is a study in patience, characterized by the heavy, moisture-laden air that clings to the skin and the slow, deliberate work of those who have tethered their livelihoods to this specific patch of soil.

About This Putnam Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Putnam, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.02265, -88.031402. 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 Putnam includes the ZIP code (36784), telephone area code (334), county seat of Marengo County (Linden), and school district assignment (Marengo 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.