Taylor Alabama Map

About Taylor, Alabama

Taylor is a locality in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,262. The population density is 120.8 people per km². Taylor is located at 31.1688°N, 85.4758°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Taylor is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36036, 36301.

Taylor emerges from the flat, iron-rich earth of the Wiregrass, a place where the horizon stretches wide and the sky holds a heavy, humid weight. It lies 19.3 miles northwest of Troy, AL (from Troy, AL: bearing 307°T), and is situated 18.0 miles north of Luverne. The landscape surrounding Taylor is defined by the steady, slow persistence of Dry Creek, which marks the low ground a mile away, and the quiet stillness of Morgan Pond, resting just two miles out in the woods. Deep-rooted longleaf pines and tangled bottomland hardwoods dominate the view, casting long, lean shadows across the red-clay soil as the afternoon light turns thick and golden. On the far, hazy edge of the horizon, the faint silhouette of Gopher Ridge provides a distant boundary to the expansive plains, grounding the geography in a series of subtle, earth-bound shifts that define the local weather and the slow movement of the seasons.

Taylor functions as a quiet link in the agricultural chain of the region, where the economy has long been tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the persistent labor of the fields. The character of the place is built on the steady, unremarkable endurance of people who have worked this soil for generations, finding a distinct dignity in the routine of the workday. While the bustle of larger regional centers pulses elsewhere, the life of Taylor remains tied to the local land and the memory of the work that carved it out of the brush. Even as the modern world encroaches with its paved roads and power lines, the stillness remains, punctuated by the seasonal cycle of crops and the occasional quiet activity near the State-owned Submerged Lands, which lie sixteen miles away as a preserved pocket of the natural world.

About This Taylor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Taylor, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.168811, -85.47579. 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 Taylor includes the ZIP code (36036, 36301), telephone area code (334, 251), county seat of Montgomery County (Montgomery), and school district assignment (Houston 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.