Akron Alabama Map

About Akron, Alabama

Akron is a locality in Hale County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 225. The population density is 126.6 people per km². Akron is located at 32.8765°N, 87.7425°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Akron is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35441.

Akron reveals itself through the heavy, humid air of the Alabama interior, where the horizon is defined by the deep, verdant reach of longleaf pine and the quiet persistence of hardwood stands. It lies 25.1 miles south-southwest of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 204°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-northeast of Eutaw. The land here settles into a muted palette of red-clay back roads and dense thickets, a landscape that remains indifferent to the passage of travelers. Two miles away, the dark, still surface of Martin Slough holds the reflection of the clouds, while Fivemile Creek carves its slow, rhythmic path through the low-lying terrain. In the distant, hazy blue of the western sky, the faint, jagged silhouette of Beach Ridge suggests a world beyond the immediate, humid stillness of the fields.

Akron exists as a place where the weight of history settles into the grain of the soil, marked by the echoes of a rural past that still informs the present. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, drawing from the legacy of timber and the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture that defines the surrounding countryside. Life here moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, far removed from the frantic pace of larger centers, as the sun bleaches the shingles of aging structures and long shadows stretch across the fields at dusk. The character of Akron remains tied to these foundational rhythms, holding onto its identity with a steady, unassuming focus that ignores the fleeting trends of the world outside its quiet borders.

About This Akron Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Akron, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.876517, -87.74251. 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 Akron includes the ZIP code (35441), telephone area code (256), county seat of Hale County (Greensboro), and school district assignment (Hale 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.