Berlin Alabama Map

About Berlin, Alabama

Berlin is a locality in Dallas County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 476. The population density is 154.3 people per km². Berlin is located at 34.1954°N, 86.7436°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Berlin is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36775, 35058.

Berlin emerges from the humid, red-clay expanse of the Alabama interior, defined by the quiet persistence of the Berlin Branch as it carves a path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 10.3 miles south of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 176°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south of Selmont-West Selmont. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality, catching the dust of back roads that wind between stands of longleaf pine and dense bottomland hardwood. To the horizon, the distant silhouettes of the Fall Line Hills create a jagged boundary against the sky, grounding Berlin in a landscape that feels patient and ancient. Only three miles away, the waters of Dallas County Lake offer a still, reflective surface that mirrors the shifting clouds, providing a calm anchor for the surrounding agricultural fields.

Berlin maintains a rhythm dictated by the soil and the slow turning of the seasons, deeply rooted in the traditions of the Southern interior. The local economy persists through the steady stewardship of the land, where peach and pecan orchards define the seasonal work of the people. Visitors often gravitate toward the Dallas County Public Fishing Lake, a space that serves as a quiet intersection of recreation and the natural patterns of the Alabama woods. Memories of a complex civil-rights history linger in the quietude of the afternoons, woven into the identity of the place as surely as the growth of the trees. Life in Berlin moves with the deliberate, unforced pace of a clock that measures time not by the hour, but by the lengthening shadows across a field at dusk.

About This Berlin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Berlin, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.195396, -86.743618. 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 Berlin includes the ZIP code (36775, 35058), telephone area code (334, 205, 256), county seat of Dallas County (Selma), and school district assignment (Cullman 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.