Union Alabama Map

About Union, Alabama

Union is a locality in Clay 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 anchors itself firmly within the red-clay landscape where Shinbone Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the heavy, humid earth. It lies 12.2 miles south-southeast of Oxford, AL (from Oxford, AL: bearing 163°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north of Lineville. This inland terrain rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Shinbone Ridge, while the dense, verdant canopy of the Talladega National Forest encroaches upon the town’s eastern edges. The air here holds a thick, vegetative weight, especially at dusk when the light turns a bruised, copper hue and settles over the quiet surface of Lake Henry. Beyond the town limits, the land folds into the low, sheltered expanse of Shinbone Valley, where the soil remains dark and damp, supporting a stubborn, enduring growth of longleaf pine and hardwoods that have defined this geography for generations.

Union traces its character to the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural cycles and the quiet influence of the regional timber industry. The proximity to the Talladega National Forest serves as a constant reminder of the wilder, uncultivated expanses that define the local identity, offering a contrast to the cleared fields where pecan orchards once stood as the primary economic engine. Residents often traverse the Odum Trail to reach the deeper woods, moving through a landscape that feels unchanged by the frantic pace of the wider world. Life in Union is marked by a profound sense of continuity, where the memory of those who worked these fields resides in the very texture of the roads and the way the afternoon heat vibrates against the weathered wood of older structures.

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 Clay County (Ashland), 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.