Glencoe Alabama Map

About Glencoe, Alabama

Glencoe is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 5,372. The population density is 122.1 people per km². Glencoe is located at 33.9483°N, 85.9336°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Glencoe is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35213, 35903.

Glencoe emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet expanse where the steady, dark waters of Shades Creek carve a path through the low-lying terrain. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the longleaf pine and hardwood stands, softening the edges of the horizon where the silhouette of Ruffner Mountain rises five miles distant. Sunlight at dusk catches the iron-rich dust of the back roads, casting a copper glow over the landscape that seems to suspend the afternoon in amber. Residents move with a deliberate, measured pace, observing the changing light as it filters across the fields, while the distant, shadowed reaches of Poplar Spring Hollow suggest a deeper, wilder topography waiting beyond the immediate view.

Glencoe carries the weight of a long-settled interior, its character defined by the remnants of an industrial past that once anchored the local economy to the land itself. The presence of Irondale Furnace Park serves as a quiet reminder of earlier labor, marking a site where the earth was worked and shaped by generations who understood the value of the soil. Life in Glencoe remains tethered to these rhythms, eschewing the frantic speed of larger centers for a steadier, more predictable cycle of days. Those who live here often look toward the nearby serenity of The Narrows, finding in its calm surface a reflection of the town’s own enduring, unpretentious spirit, where the history of the region is felt in the simple persistence of the people who call this place home.

About This Glencoe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glencoe, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.948339, -85.933606. 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 Glencoe includes the ZIP code (35213, 35903), telephone area code (205, 334), county seat of Jefferson County (Birmingham), and school district assignment (Etowah 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.