Colony Alabama Map

About Colony, Alabama

Colony is a locality in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 264. The population density is 47.1 people per km². Colony is located at 33.9414°N, 86.9020°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Colony is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35096, 35077.

Colony occupies a landscape defined by the quiet tenacity of red-clay earth and the dense, vertical reaches of longleaf pine that seem to hold the humid air in a perpetual, verdant suspension. It lies 5.2 miles east-southeast of Pell City, AL (from Pell City, AL: bearing 106°T), and is situated 5.7 miles southwest of Lincoln. The terrain here is shaped by a slow, rhythmic transition from flat bottomland to the subtle rise of the inland horizon, where the distant silhouette of Gum Springs Mountain provides a jagged, charcoal-gray boundary against the sky. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thick, golden shafts, illuminating the fine, terracotta-colored dust that settles upon the back roads after a summer rain. Nearby, the water of the Coosa River moves with a deliberate, muscular grace, carving its path through the soil, while the stillness of Logan Martin Lake reflects the heavy, shifting clouds of the afternoon. The presence of State-owned Submerged Lands adds a protected, wild silence to the immediate vicinity, where the flora remains undisturbed by the encroaching pace of the modern world.

Colony emerged from the determined spirit of families who sought to carve a persistent, independent future out of the Alabama soil, creating a legacy that remains deeply rooted in the local character. Historically, the economy relied upon the rhythm of the seasons and the yield of the land, with the surrounding fields once marked by the cultivation of peaches and pecans that thrive in the heat. Today, the pace of life in Colony maintains a deliberate, unforced quality, where the echoes of civil-rights memory inform the quiet strength of the neighborhood. The local identity is not constructed from grand, towering monuments but from the persistent, daily labor of its people and their connection to the history of the region. As evening approaches, the shadows lengthen across the fields and the air cools, leaving the land in a state of quiet reflection that feels as constant and enduring as the river itself.

About This Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Colony, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.941393, -86.902001. 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 Colony includes the ZIP code (35096, 35077), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Talladega County (Talladega), and school district assignment (Cullman 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.