Anderson Alabama Map

About Anderson, Alabama

Anderson is a locality in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 254. The population density is 75.9 people per km². Anderson is located at 34.9157°N, 87.2743°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Anderson is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35983, 35901, 35610.

Anderson occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of red clay and the slow, deliberate growth of hardwood timber. It lies 18.8 miles west-northwest of Athens, AL (from Athens, AL: bearing 298°T), and is situated 19.5 miles southwest of Giles. The ground here rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells, creating a terrain where the horizon is often broken by the dense silhouettes of pine stands. Two miles to the west, the land dips into the sheltered quiet of Strickland Hollow, a place where the air cools noticeably as the shadows stretch long across the broken fields. Even on the clearest days, the presence of Minor Hill marks the northern edge of the sky, a distant, muted rise that anchors the view for anyone watching the sun sink behind the tree line. The quality of light in Anderson at dusk is thick and golden, catching the dust kicked up from back roads until the world seems to glow with the warmth of a cooling hearth.

Anderson maintains a character forged by the steady, modest labor of those who work the land and the quiet commerce of a place that keeps its own time. While the pace of life remains tethered to the cycles of the seasons, the economy reflects a long history of agricultural stewardship that still informs the daily routine of its inhabitants. Travelers often look toward the quiet greenery of Elk River Lodge State Park for a sense of the region’s wilder, unmanaged character, where the woods hum with a persistent, insect-driven energy. There is a particular stillness here, a lack of urgency that allows the sound of a nearby stream to carry clearly through the silence of an afternoon. In Anderson, the past is not a formal exhibit but a living weight, felt in the architecture of the older buildings and the way the community holds its memories in the quiet spaces between the trees.

About This Anderson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Anderson, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.915675, -87.274274. 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 Anderson includes the ZIP code (35983, 35901, 35610), telephone area code (334, 205, 256), county seat of Lauderdale County (Florence), and school district assignment (Lauderdale 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.