Union Alabama Map

About Union, Alabama

Union is a locality in Etowah 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 emerges from the red-clay soil where the Yellow Branch carves a quiet path through the landscape, its waters reflecting the heavy, humid air of the inland afternoon. It lies 3.5 miles southwest of Boaz, AL (from Boaz, AL: bearing 214°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south of Albertville. The terrain rises toward the slopes of Aurora Mountain, a solitary presence that anchors the horizon and defines the modest elevation of the surrounding woodland. Beyond the immediate thickets of longleaf pine, the land maintains a steady, unremarkable grace, feeling light-years removed from the restless movement of the coast. On clear days, the atmosphere holds a particular clarity that sharpens the silhouettes of the trees, turning the light at dusk into a pale, bruised gold that lingers over the fields.

History in Union remains tied to the slow, deliberate work of the land, where the local economy finds its footing in the rhythm of agricultural cycles and the quiet maintenance of regional trade. Life here moves without the frantic haste of larger centers, sustained by the proximity of Guntersville Lake to the north and the recreational focus found at the Boaz Softball Complex. Families and neighbors navigate the space between the shaded reaches of Little Cove and the established homesteads, carrying the weight of memory in the way they work the earth or gather at the end of a long week. Union exists as a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the subtle shifts in the foliage and the enduring, quiet persistence of those who call the red clay home.

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 Etowah County (Gadsden), 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.