Official Name: | Twin, Alabama |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Marion |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.38 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.38 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 359 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 106.21 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 34.0053°N -87.8564°W |
Elevation Ft: | 594 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 35563 |
Area Code: | 205, 659 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 01-77352 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2380589 |
Twin, also known as Yampertown, is a town in Marion County, Alabama, United States. It is about equidistant from Brilliant, Guin and Winfield. It incorporated on August 6, 2002,[3] becoming the 10th incorporated community in Marion County. It had a population of 359 as of the 2020 census.[2]
Twin is in southern Marion County, bordered to the west and east by the city of Guin. I-22/US 78 passes through the town, with access from exit 26 (SR 44). Hamilton, the Marion county seat, is to the northwest, and Jasper is to the southeast. SR 44 leads east 6miles to Brilliant and southwest 5miles to Guin, while SR 253 leads southeast 6miles to Winfield and north 25miles to Hackleburg.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Twin has an area of, all of it recorded as land.[1] Yampertown, the town center, is in the valley of Luxapallila Creek where it is joined by Cooper Creek. The Luxapallila is a southwest-flowing tributary of the Tombigbee River.