Union Alabama Map

About Union, Alabama

Union is a locality in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 84.7 people per km². Union is located at 32.9938°N, 87.9072°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Union is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36280, 36279, 36853.

Union occupies a landscape of thick, red-clay earth that holds the warmth of the sun long after the light has begun to fail. It lies 58.3 miles north-northeast of Saraland, AL (from Saraland, AL: bearing 17°T), and is situated 5.5 miles south of Grove Hill. The topography surrounding Union consists of low, undulating swells of land, where the dense shade of longleaf pine gives way to the tangled, shadowed growth of bottomland hardwood. A mile to the west, the slow, muddy pulse of Simmons Creek carves a quiet path through the soil, while the stillness of Maubila Boy Scout Lake waits only two miles away, its surface often mirroring the heavy, humid sky. Far to the horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of Hickory Ridge marks the limit of the view, a distant reminder of the rugged elevations that define the wider regional geography.

Agriculture has long dictated the pace of existence in Union, with the rhythm of the seasons measured by the yield of pecan groves and the slow maturation of orchards. The soil here carries the weight of a complex history, where the legacies of rural labor and the quiet endurance of small-scale farming remain etched into the social character of the populace. Residents often travel ten miles toward Hw Pearce Jr Memorial Park, finding in its quiet expanses a reprieve from the labor of the day and a space to observe the persistence of the natural world. Daily life in Union moves with an unforced cadence, shaped by the heat of the afternoon and the simple necessity of tending to the fields that have sustained these families for generations.

About This Union Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Union, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.99381, -87.907179. 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 Union includes the ZIP code (36280, 36279, 36853), telephone area code (251, 256), county seat of Clarke County (Grove Hill), and school district assignment (Greene 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.