Excel Alabama Map

About Excel, Alabama

Excel is a locality in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 524. The population density is 118.2 people per km². Excel is located at 31.4279°N, 87.3414°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36460.

Excel, Alabama, breathes a quiet, humid air that clings to the dense stands of pine and oak, a verdant curtain drawn across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills. It lies 58.2 miles north of Pace, FL (from Pace, FL: bearing 349°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Monroeville. The earth here, a rich, reddish-brown clay, yields to the persistent sun, and in the late afternoon, the light slants through the trees in long, golden shafts, illuminating the feathery fronds of ferns and the occasional flash of a cardinal’s wing. Roads, often unpaved and winding, trace paths between scattered homes and farmsteads, their driveways lined with mailboxes that stand like solitary sentinels against the encroaching green. The very silence seems to hum with the unseen life of the woods, a constant, low thrum of cicadas and distant birdsong that forms the abiding soundtrack to daily life in Excel. Though its history is not marked by grand pronouncements, Excel’s story is etched in the quiet industry of its people and the land’s enduring bounty. For generations, the economy here has been tied to the rhythms of agriculture, with timber also playing a significant role in shaping the character of the region, its sawmills a distant echo of past prosperity. Small, family-owned businesses, often dispensing goods and advice with equal measure, form the heart of the local commerce, their signs weathered by sun and rain. The nearby waterways, tributaries of the Alabama River, have long served as arteries of commerce and recreation, their slow, muddy currents mirroring the unhurried pace of life in this corner of Monroe County.

About This Excel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Excel, Alabama — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 31.427943, -87.341373. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Excel and Monroe County.

Detailed location data for Excel includes the ZIP code (36439), telephone area code (251), county seat of Monroe County (Monroeville), and school district assignment (Monroe County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Excel is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.