Cardiff Alabama Map

About Cardiff, Alabama

Cardiff is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 52. The population density is 96.1 people per km². Cardiff is located at 33.6457°N, 86.9336°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cardiff is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35073.

Cardiff anchors itself to the quiet persistence of Fivemile Creek, which carves a deliberate path through the red-clay earth of the Alabama landscape. It lies 7.0 miles west of Gardendale, AL (from Gardendale, AL: bearing 262°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north-northwest of Forestdale. The topography around Cardiff reveals a rugged anatomy, defined by the proximity of Crocker Mountain rising to the north and the deep, shaded depressions of Sleepy Hollow lying a mile to the west. Broad-leafed hardwoods and dense patches of pine dominate the horizon, their silhouettes thickening as they approach the border of the United States Reservation - Flat Top Experimental Forest. When the sun dips low, the light catches the iron-rich soil, turning the ground to a bruised, resonant copper that seems to hold the day’s heat long after the shadows have lengthened across the open grass of John Bensko Park.

Economic life in Cardiff remains tethered to the slow, steady pulse of an industrial heritage that shaped the region’s development over generations. The presence of nearby Bayview Lake offers a quiet counterpoint to the more industrious character of the surrounding terrain, providing a reservoir of stillness in a landscape defined by the labor of extraction and transport. Residents of Cardiff navigate a world where the legacy of coal and iron still informs the rhythm of the streets, yet the local character is increasingly defined by the simple, enduring connections of those who maintain the homes and schools here. Life moves in alignment with the changing seasons of the inland woods, where the air grows heavy with the humidity of the deep South, and the daily work of the community continues with a grounded, unpretentious resolve.

About This Cardiff Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cardiff, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.64566, -86.933606. 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 Cardiff includes the ZIP code (35073), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Jefferson County (Birmingham), and school district assignment (Jefferson 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.