Carrollton Alabama Map

About Carrollton, Alabama

Carrollton is a locality in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,023. The population density is 191.9 people per km². Carrollton is located at 33.2618°N, 88.0950°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carrollton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35447.

Carrollton emerges from the red-clay expanse of the Alabama interior as a quiet intersection of pine-shadowed horizon and wide, open sky. It lies 30.0 miles west of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 274°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north-northeast of Aliceville. The landscape around Carrollton unfolds in a series of gentle swells, where the humid air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and the pervasive, silver-green drape of Spanish moss clinging to the limbs of bottomland hardwoods. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Puckett Branch carve a narrow vein through the brush, while eight miles to the east, the stillness of Sanders Lake mirrors the vast, shifting colors of the afternoon. Toward the distant horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of Phillips Mountain marks the edge of the world, a mere ghost of stone twenty-five miles removed from the steady, sun-drenched pace of the local streets.

Agriculture and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons have long defined the character of Carrollton, anchoring its economy in the fertile soil that yields pecans and the soft, blush of peaches. History here is not merely a record but a presence, felt in the lingering silence of the courthouse square and the architectural memory etched into the older facades that face the main thoroughfare. Five miles out, the quietude of the State-owned Submerged Lands provides a sanctuary for the native flora, preserving a slice of the wilderness that existed long before the first grids were laid. Life in Carrollton moves with a measured, internal gravity, unbothered by the frantic pace of distant urban centers, finding its purpose instead in the shared rhythms of a landscape that feels both deeply rooted and stubbornly itself.

About This Carrollton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carrollton, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.261787, -88.095026. 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 Carrollton includes the ZIP code (35447), telephone area code (256), county seat of Pickens County (Carrollton), and school district assignment (Pickens 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.