Carbon Hill Alabama Map

About Carbon Hill, Alabama

Carbon Hill is a locality in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,769. The population density is 123.9 people per km². Carbon Hill is located at 33.8918°N, 87.5261°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carbon Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35549.

Carbon Hill emerges from a landscape defined by deep red clay and the persistent, humid breath of the inland South, where the earth holds the heat long after the sun has retreated behind the silhouettes of distant, muted trees. It lies 14.9 miles west-northwest of Jasper, AL (from Jasper, AL: bearing 286°T), and is situated 16.9 miles east of Winfield. The topography is a rhythmic sequence of low rises and shadowed depressions, most notably the nearby basin of Gum Suck Hollow, which catches the heavy evening mist. Water moves sluggishly through the terrain, with Lost Creek carving a narrow, persistent path through the soil only a mile from the center of town. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged suggestion of Dividing Ridge anchors the view, while the dense, tangled growth of the Fayette State Experiment Forest waits seventeen miles away, a reminder of the wilder, unyielding timber that once dominated this entire region.

Carbon Hill bears the indelible mark of its industrial origins, carved into the landscape by a legacy of extraction that defined the lives and livelihoods of its earliest inhabitants. Where deep shafts once pierced the ground to reach the coal seams, the economy has since softened into a quieter rhythm, though the memory of the mines remains etched in the stubborn resilience of the local character. Residents move through their days with a measured pace, often venturing out toward the Wolf Creek Community Hunting Area to find solitude in the quiet, wooded tracts. Even as the seasons shift the colors of the hardwoods, the community maintains a steady, internal gravity, looking toward the distant water of Verlie Barton Lake Two for respite during the long, sweltering afternoons of the Alabama summer.

About This Carbon Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carbon Hill, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.891774, -87.526124. 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 Carbon Hill includes the ZIP code (35549), telephone area code (205), county seat of Walker County (Jasper), and school district assignment (Walker 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.