Cleveland Alabama Map

About Cleveland, Alabama

Cleveland is a locality in Fayette County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,245. The population density is 61.2 people per km². Cleveland is located at 34.0022°N, 86.5614°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cleveland is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35542, 35049.

Cleveland emerges from the red-clay soil of Alabama as a quiet collection of dwellings anchored by the still waters of Bugs Lake. It lies 23.5 miles west-southwest of Jasper, AL (from Jasper, AL: bearing 246°T), and is situated 19.1 miles south-southeast of Winfield. The air here holds a heavy, humid weight, cooling only when the sun dips low enough to cast long, violet shadows across the fields and through the dense canopy of the local woodlands. A mile away, the currents of Clear Creek carve a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, feeding the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands where the silence is broken only by the sudden strike of a heron or the shifting of brush. To the distant horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Dividing Ridge marks the limit of the sky, a reminder of the ancient, weathered geology that defines this inland expanse.

Generations of labor have defined the character of Cleveland, where the economy remains tethered to the slow growth of timber and the seasonal rhythms of the earth. The influence of the Fayette State Experiment Forest lingers in the local appreciation for the deep, resinous scent of pine that permeates the afternoons, a sensory thread connecting the present to the region’s agricultural roots. Life in Cleveland moves with the steady, unadorned pace of a place that values the work of the hand and the stability of the land. Beyond the immediate reach of Stanford Hollow, the people maintain a steady connection to the history of the soil, finding a particular, quiet dignity in the way the twilight light turns the surrounding dust to the color of rusted iron.

About This Cleveland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cleveland, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.002179, -86.561352. 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 Cleveland includes the ZIP code (35542, 35049), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Fayette County (Fayette), and school district assignment (Blount 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.