Grimes Alabama Map

About Grimes, Alabama

Grimes is a locality in Tuscaloosa 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 reveals itself through the low, humid hum of longleaf pine forests and the dark, mineral-heavy scent of damp earth. It lies 10.7 miles east-southeast of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 106°T), and is situated 7.1 miles southeast of Holt. The landscape settles into a quiet permanence, shaped by the moisture-laden air that clings to the skin and the slow, deliberate movement of Bee Branch as it carves a path through the brush. To the north, the distant outline of Pleasant Ridge provides a steady, silent boundary to the horizon, while the terrain dips into the quiet, shadowed depths of Opossum Hollow. Frierson Lake rests at the center of this terrain, its surface mirroring the shifting gray and gold light of the afternoon, undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a dragonfly.

Grimes carries the weight of a quiet, agrarian history, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the red clay soil and the patient growth of pecan orchards. The proximity to State-owned Submerged Lands offers a preserved expanse of natural territory, keeping the pulse of the environment steady against the encroachment of modern industry. Life in Grimes moves with the unforced cadence of the seasons, characterized by the persistence of those who work the land and the deep, enduring quiet that settles after the heat of the day subsides. Here, the memory of the past lingers in the architecture and the deliberate pace of daily life, where the stillness of the afternoon is a tangible presence rather than an absence of sound.

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 Tuscaloosa County (Tuscaloosa), 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.