Grimes Alabama Map

About Grimes, Alabama

Grimes is a locality in Dale County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 573. The population density is 176.7 people per km². Grimes is located at 31.2999°N, 85.4503°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grimes is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36350, 35453, 36303.

Grimes occupies a modest, quiet expanse where the humid air hangs heavy and thick, clinging to the longleaf pines that define the horizon. It lies 6.6 miles north-northwest of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 329°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-southwest of Headland. The landscape surrounding Grimes unfolds in a steady, deliberate progression of red-clay soil and dense bottomland hardwood, creating a terrain that feels both ancient and settled. A mile to the west, the quiet flow of Murphy Mill Branch carves a path through the earth, its dark waters reflecting the shifting canopy above. When the light dips low at dusk, the atmosphere takes on a bronze, syrupy quality, illuminating the Spanish moss that drapes from the branches like frayed lace. Four miles out, the quietude of Baumans Pond Park provides a sanctuary of stillness, while Lake Arthur sits seven miles distant, its surface often mirroring the vast, unblemished sky of this inland basin.

Agriculture has long dictated the rhythm of life in Grimes, anchoring the community to the cycles of the peach and pecan harvests that thrive in the rich, iron-heavy dirt. The economic pulse here is measured not in rapid expansion, but in the slow, consistent cultivation of the land, a practice that has persisted through the decades. History is felt in the architecture of the older storefronts and the quietude of the back roads, where the memory of past eras lingers in the shade of the trees. Life in Grimes moves with a deliberate, singular pace, favoring the steady work of the fields and the endurance of its residents over the clamor of modern industry. Whether one is passing through or staying, there is a palpable sense of gravity to the place, a feeling that the land itself holds the quiet, unwritten records of those who have labored here since the beginning.

About This Grimes Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grimes, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.299875, -85.450289. 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 Grimes includes the ZIP code (36350, 35453, 36303), telephone area code (256, 334), county seat of Dale County (Ozark), and school district assignment (Dale 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.