Anderson Alabama Map

About Anderson, Alabama

Anderson is a locality in Cherokee 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 holds the quiet gravity of a place defined by the slow, red-clay pulse of the Alabama interior, where the land stretches out in a mosaic of dense timber and cleared fields. It lies 17.2 miles south of Fort Payne, AL (from Fort Payne, AL: bearing 183°T), and is situated 4.5 miles northwest of Centre. The terrain here favors a steady, terrestrial rhythm, defined by the proximity of the Coosa River, which carves a deliberate path through the landscape just a mile away, and the distant, muted silhouette of Drake Hill rising against the horizon. Sunlight catches the dust in the air during the late afternoon, turning the sky a bruised violet as the humidity settles over the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands, a tract of protected earth where the water table dictates the growth of bottomland hardwoods.

Anderson carries the weight of a settlement forged in the intersection of agrarian labor and the persistent, unhurried expansion of inland commerce. The local economy draws its character from the cycles of the harvest and the small-scale grit of those who work the soil, keeping the pace of daily existence tethered to the seasons rather than the clock. While the vast expanse of Weiss Lake remains a silent reference point in the regional consciousness, the life of the inhabitants stays focused on the immediate textures of the red earth and the wood-smoke mornings that define the changing year. Memories of the past linger in the architecture of the older storefronts and the quietude of the roads leading toward Big Hollow, ensuring that the identity of Anderson remains rooted in its own specific, deliberate geography.

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 Cherokee County (Centre), 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.