Clayhatchee Alabama Map

About Clayhatchee, Alabama

Clayhatchee is a locality in Dale County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 466. The population density is 66.2 people per km². Clayhatchee is located at 31.2357°N, 85.7227°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clayhatchee is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36322.

Clayhatchee emerges from the low-slung, heat-hazed geography of the Wiregrass, where the earth is stained a deep, oxidized crimson and the pine needles form a soft, russet carpet beneath the longleaf canopy. It lies 9.6 miles southeast of Enterprise, AL (from Enterprise, AL: bearing 125°T), and is situated 5.2 miles south of Daleville. Claybank Creek winds through the nearby timberland, its dark, tannin-rich waters carving a slow path through the loamy soil just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the west, the landscape dips into the quiet seclusion of Posey Hollow, while the horizon is occasionally broken by the distant, muted silhouette of Coates Hill. The light here at dusk possesses a heavy, amber quality, catching the dust motes that hang suspended in the humid air as the shadows of the hardwoods stretch across the red-clay back roads.

Clayhatchee carries the quiet weight of a place built on the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, quiet labor of the land. The local economy remains anchored in the rhythms of the surrounding fields, where the soil yields its stubborn bounty under the relentless sun. Residents maintain a stewardship over the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands, a protected tract that preserves the wild character of the region against the encroaching silence of time. Life here moves with an internal consistency, far removed from the frantic pace of the outside world, defined instead by the seasonal shift of the crops and the simple, enduring connections of those who dwell among the pines. Even the proximity of Lake Charles, ten miles distant, serves as a reminder of the quiet, inland stillness that defines the character of the people who call this place home.

About This Clayhatchee Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clayhatchee, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.235729, -85.722712. 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 Clayhatchee includes the ZIP code (36322), telephone area code (334), county seat of Dale County (Ozark), and school district assignment (Daleville City 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.