Shiloh Alabama Map

About Shiloh, Alabama

Shiloh is a locality in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 321. The population density is 58.1 people per km². Shiloh is located at 34.4627°N, 85.8776°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shiloh is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36736, 36276, 36010.

Shiloh emerges from the dense, humid embrace of the Alabama interior, where the land yields to a quiet geography of red-clay veins and encroaching hardwoods. It lies 46.0 miles west-southwest of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 245°T), and is situated 14.8 miles north of Thomasville. Sweetwater Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its sluggish, dark waters providing a persistent rhythm to the low-lying terrain. Beyond the immediate canopy, the silhouette of Chatman Ridge asserts itself against the distant horizon, a blurred charcoal spine that anchors the expansive, sun-drenched sky. On humid afternoons, the air grows heavy and thick with the scent of damp earth, clinging to the longleaf pines that stand as silent sentinels over the fields. Those seeking a reprieve from the quietude of the woods might look toward Marengo Lake, a modest shimmer of blue six miles distant, or travel further to the Thomasville Community Playground for a more structured connection to the outdoors.

Shiloh carries the weight of a slow-turning history, where the economy remains tethered to the patient cycles of peach and pecan harvests. The local character is defined by the endurance of those who work the soil, a lineage of labor that predates the modern era and persists in the weathered facades of the surrounding countryside. Progress here is measured not in rapid shifts, but in the steady accumulation of seasonal change and the preservation of long-held rural customs. While the pace of life remains tethered to the soil, the memory of past struggles lingers in the quietude of the back roads, lending a contemplative gravity to the atmosphere. Shiloh functions as a place where the stillness is not an absence of activity, but a deliberate choice, reflecting a community that prefers the shade of an oak to the noise of passing industry.

About This Shiloh Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shiloh, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.462666, -85.877617. 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 Shiloh includes the ZIP code (36736, 36276, 36010), telephone area code (334, 251, 205), county seat of Marengo County (Linden), and school district assignment (DeKalb 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.