Section is a town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States and is included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 770, an mass of one person (769) from 2000. Section is located on top of Sand Mountain.

Section is located on land where the Cherokee later hunted and lived. The community was originally known as Mt. Zion behind the first declare office was established. There were communities such as Kirby’s Creek, Gossets Hollow, and Fern Cliff. These communities came together to form the Town of Section. Pioneer settlers came in 1862 to Section, in large numbers. Settlers were required to live upon the house for five years previously claiming the property as their own. It became known far ahead as “Section” because it was the location of a square-mile parcel of land, known as the 16th Section, required by the federal presidency to be consent to in hold of public schools. Bort Harrison ran a 6-horsepower, water-powered flour and grist mill in 1886, and the first hoard in the community was built in 1889. The first hypothetical was built in the Place before 1890, which was the year it burned. Its successor lasted 25 years since it afterward burned. Section was cited as having incorporated in 1910, however, on the 1950 U.S. Census rolls, it stated Section incorporated in 1946.

Section is located at 34°34′41″N 85°59′17″W / 34.57806°N 85.98806°W / 34.57806; -85.98806 (34.578155, -85.988114). The town is situated along State Route 35, northwest of Rainsville and southeast of Scottsboro. It lies along the western edge of Sand Mountain, and several points in the town, including Weathington Park, offer dramatic views of the Tennessee River and valley to the west. State Route 71 intersects State Route 35 in Section, connecting the area with Dutton and the Pisgah Place to the northeast.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total Place of 4.6 square miles (12 km), all land.