Cottondale Alabama Map

About Cottondale, Alabama

Cottondale is a locality in Houston County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,130. The population density is 350.9 people per km². Cottondale is located at 33.1930°N, 87.4549°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 35453, 36301, 35404.

Cottondale occupies a stretch of land where the humid air hangs heavy and still, clinging to the dense thickets of bottomland hardwood that define the local terrain. It lies 1.3 miles south-southeast of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 158°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-northeast of Taylor. Cypress Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its dark water reflecting the deep green of the pines that crowd the banks. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the earth gives way to the stubborn, iron-rich red clay that colors the back roads and dictates the pace of the seasons. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, golden shafts, illuminating the fine dust that rises when a truck passes, leaving the air to settle back into a slow, deliberate silence.

Cottondale retains a character forged by the steady grind of industry and the persistent memory of the regional landscape. While the daily economy moves forward with the hum of local enterprise, the proximity of Winegrass Park & Recreation Center provides a singular point of focus for the residents who gather there to mark the passing of the week. The horizon stays flat and unassuming, save for the faint, distant suggestion of Balcom Hill rising nineteen miles away against the darkening sky. Life here follows the rhythm of the soil and the shade, a quiet existence where the weight of history is felt in the architecture of the older buildings and the way the shadows lengthen across the fields as the day draws to a close.

About This Cottondale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cottondale, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.193047, -87.454861. 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 Cottondale includes the ZIP code (35453, 36301, 35404), telephone area code (334, 256), county seat of Houston County (Dothan), 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.