Grove Hill Alabama Map

About Grove Hill, Alabama

Grove Hill is a locality in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,818. The population density is 92.5 people per km². Grove Hill is located at 31.6987°N, 87.7729°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grove Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36480, 36107, 36451.

Grove Hill rises from the red-clay earth of the Alabama interior, defined by the quiet persistence of the landscape and the steady, meandering path of Fletcher Branch as it carves through the local terrain. It lies 46.3 miles north-northeast of Saraland, AL (from Saraland, AL: bearing 32°T), and is situated 16.4 miles east-southeast of Jackson. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the longleaf pines and bottomland hardwoods, softening the edges of the horizon where the silhouette of Jenny Bell Hill rises eight miles distant. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thick, golden shafts, illuminating the fine dust that dances above the back roads and settles into the furrows of the fields. Two miles away, the protected expanse of State-owned Submerged Lands preserves the wilder, wetter margins of the region, grounding the environment in a cycle of growth and decay that feels older than the roads themselves.

Economic life in Grove Hill remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the legacy of the timber industry, which has shaped the character of the settlement since its earliest days. Generations have looked toward the surrounding acreage for their livelihood, balancing the demands of agriculture with the slow, deliberate pace of a place that measures time by the turning of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. While the bustle of larger centers remains distant, the local spirit is anchored by an awareness of the past, preserved in the stories shared on porches as the evening shadows stretch across the yard. Life here exists in the spaces between the trees, a quiet continuity where the land provides both the means of survival and the primary subject of the community's enduring, unspoken poetry.

About This Grove Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grove Hill, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.69867, -87.772868. 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 Grove Hill includes the ZIP code (36480, 36107, 36451), telephone area code (334, 251), county seat of Monroe County (Monroeville), and school district assignment (Clarke 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.