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Union Alabama Map

Explore Union, Alabama, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Union, Alabama

How to Use This Union, Alabama Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Union, Alabama. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Alabama or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Union.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityUnion
StateAlabama (AL)
CountyTallapoosa County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude32.99381
Longitude-87.907179
Population180
Density84.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes36280, 36279, 36853, 35462
Area Code251, 256
County SeatDadeville
School DistrictGreene County School District

About Union, Alabama

Union is a locality in Tallapoosa 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 quiet expanse of red-clay earth where the horizon is defined by the persistent, dark green silhouettes of longleaf pine and the distant, hazy suggestion of Heck Ridge. It lies 18.0 miles south-southeast of Alexander City, AL (from Alexander City, AL: bearing 160°T), and is situated 11.6 miles north-northeast of Tallassee. The landscape surrounding Union is defined by the steady presence of Wind Creek, which carves a path through the bottomland hardwoods, and the nearby waters of Martin Lake, which mirror the shifting amber light of the late afternoon. Here, the air holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to slow the very movement of the light, casting long shadows across the fields and thickets of the State-owned Submerged Lands.

Agriculture and the rhythms of the land remain the primary currents of life in Union, reflecting a history deeply rooted in the soil of the Alabama interior. The economy here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, favoring the cultivation of pecans and the modest output of local timber harvests over the frenetic energy of larger centers. Life in Union is marked by a persistent sense of continuity, where the collective memory of the populace is tied to the quiet persistence of the landscape and the enduring legacy of the families who have worked these fields for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 329° NW
  • Civil Rights Marker (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 172° S
  • Shark Tooth Creek (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 282° W
  • Sipsey River Complex (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 022° N
  • Old Bethany Cemetary (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 287° W
  • Mound Q (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 087° E
  • Mound O (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 087° E
  • Mound P (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 087° E
  • Burial Mound (Viewpoint) — 15.8 mi, 087° E
  • Tanglewood - University of Alabama's J. Nicholene Bishop Biological Station (Nature Reserve) — 16.7 mi, 125° SE
  • Firefighter (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 066° NE
  • Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 22.3 mi, 090° E · 395k acres
  • Lake Lurleen State Park (State Park) — 23.7 mi, 031° NE
  • Old Tavern (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 052° NE
  • Rick Rush (Public Artwork) — 24.4 mi, 052° NE
  • Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 24.5 mi, 052° NE
  • Lorrie Lane Studio (Gallery) — 24.6 mi, 053° NE
  • Virginia Shirley Studio-Gallery (Gallery) — 24.6 mi, 051° NE
  • Bama Theatre (Theatre) — 24.6 mi, 053° NE
  • Kentuck Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 047° NE
  • Queen City Fountain (Historic Ruins) — 25.1 mi, 052° NE
  • M. Barnett Lawley Forever Wild Field Trial Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.6 mi, 156° SE
  • Alabama Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 054° NE
  • David K. Nelson (Demopolis) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.8 mi, 169° S
  • Reed Brake Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 29.1 mi, 097° E
  • Lake Lowndes State Park (State Park) — 37.2 mi, 324° NW
  • Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.6 mi, 085° E · 8,383 acres
  • Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.2 mi, 292° W · 97k acres
  • Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 54.3 mi, 292° W · 1,126 acres
  • Tombigbee National Forest (National Forest) — 60.0 mi, 287° W · 67k acres

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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 Tallapoosa County (Dadeville), and school district assignment (Greene County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.