Coaling Alabama Map

About Coaling, Alabama

Coaling is a locality in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,035. The population density is 156.7 people per km². Coaling is located at 33.1699°N, 87.3499°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Coaling is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35453, 35449.

Coaling occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, quiet passage of the Beatty Branch, which marks the low ground with a ribbon of damp earth and thick vegetation. It lies 13.7 miles east-southeast of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 105°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east-southeast of Holt. The air here holds the heavy, humid weight of the interior, grounding the senses in a geography of red-clay soil and dense woodland that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Mountain. Only two miles away, the surface of Lake Lulu catches the light of the late afternoon, turning a muted, metallic silver that mirrors the encroaching dusk. Residents find a familiar stillness within Coaling Community Park, where the sprawl of the land seems to pause, allowing the tall grasses to sway in the humid breeze that rises from the direction of Opossum Hollow.

History in Coaling remains tethered to the slow, deliberate transition from its industrial roots to the quiet rhythm of modern life. The local economy has shifted away from the intensive extraction that once defined the region’s early labor, leaving behind a pace that favors porches and long, shadowed evenings over the frantic pulse of larger hubs. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned consistency, shaped by the legacy of those who first cleared the timber and settled along the banks of the local waterways. In the quiet hours, when the heat finally breaks, the character of Coaling reveals itself not in grand monuments, but in the way the twilight clings to the pines and the uncomplicated sound of the Beatty Branch moving steadily toward its destination.

About This Coaling Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coaling, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.169901, -87.349887. 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 Coaling includes the ZIP code (35453, 35449), telephone area code (256), county seat of Tuscaloosa County (Tuscaloosa), and school district assignment (Tuscaloosa 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.