Brookwood Alabama Map

About Brookwood, Alabama

Brookwood is a locality in Dallas County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,504. The population density is 115.5 people per km². Brookwood is located at 33.2398°N, 87.3315°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Brookwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35613, 36773, 36606.

Brookwood emerges from the humid, verdant expanse of the Alabama interior, where the heavy stillness of longleaf pine forests defines the horizon. It lies 18.2 miles west-southwest of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 251°T), and is situated 18.5 miles west-southwest of Selmont-West Selmont. The land here gathers into quiet slopes of iron-rich red clay, a terrain that feels ancient and deliberate under the persistent warmth of the sun. Just a mile away, the dark, rhythmic currents of Bear Creek cut through the undergrowth, providing a constant, low-frequency pulse to the local ecology. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant, hazy silhouette of Beach Ridge anchors the western view, offering a silent, permanent backdrop to the shifting light of dusk that turns the pine needles to copper and the sky to a bruised violet.

Brookwood maintains a character forged by the subterranean wealth of the earth, as the industrial legacy of coal mining continues to shape the economic life and physical rhythm of the residents. The labor of previous generations persists in the quiet determination of the present, where the machinery of industry hums in counterpoint to the slow growth of the surrounding bottomland hardwoods. Residents often find respite in the expansive, unhurried wildness of the Old Cahawba Prairie Tract, where the grasses sway in a manner that makes the busy world feel entirely distant. Even the waters of McHugh Lake, sitting four miles from the center of activity, mirror the same contemplative stillness found in the faces of those who have lived here long enough to recognize the subtle, seasonal changes in the soil and the wind.

About This Brookwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brookwood, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.239842, -87.331488. 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 Brookwood includes the ZIP code (35613, 36773, 36606), telephone area code (251, 256), county seat of Dallas County (Selma), and school district assignment (Tuscaloosa 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.