Crossville Alabama Map

About Crossville, Alabama

Crossville is a locality in Lamar County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,830. The population density is 84.5 people per km². Crossville is located at 34.2827°N, 85.9997°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Crossville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35592, 35962.

Crossville sits upon a high, broad plateau where the horizon stretches out in wide, unhurried lines of red clay and timber. It lies 42.1 miles west of Jasper, AL (from Jasper, AL: bearing 262°T), and is situated 16.6 miles southwest of Winfield. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that settles over the landscape, clinging to the needles of longleaf pine and the dense thickets of bottomland hardwood. A mile from the center, the water of Little Hells Creek moves with a slow, deliberate purpose through the undergrowth, while the quiet expanse of State-owned Submerged Lands offers a sanctuary of moss and shadow. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Cains Ridge breaks the sky, a distant reminder of the rugged terrain that defines this inland geography. At dusk, the light turns a bruised, singular gold, casting long, thin silhouettes of oak and hickory across the fields that surround Crossville.

Agriculture and the quiet industry of the land have long dictated the pace of life here, grounding the inhabitants in the seasonal shifts of the soil and the cycles of growth. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, echoing a heritage of farming and local trade that has persisted through generations without fanfare. While Hopson Lake provides a modest point of stillness three miles away, the character of the region is defined more by the steady, unpretentious work of those who cultivate the surrounding acreage. There is a perceptible weight to the history of these back roads, where the memory of earlier decades lingers in the architecture of older homesteads and the deep, iron-rich dust of the paths. Life in Crossville moves forward with a patient, internal gravity, unconcerned with the noise of distant cities, favoring instead the simple, enduring connections formed between neighbors who share a common patch of clay.

About This Crossville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crossville, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.282697, -85.999737. 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 Crossville includes the ZIP code (35592, 35962), telephone area code (205, 334), county seat of Lamar County (Vernon), and school district assignment (DeKalb 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.