Hanover Alabama Map

About Hanover, Alabama

Hanover is a locality in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 151. The population density is 13.8 people per km². Hanover is located at 33.0048°N, 86.2025°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 35136, 35072.

Hanover occupies a quiet expanse of Alabama where the earth is stained a deep, rust-colored red and the low-slung horizon remains unbroken by any jagged peak. It lies 12.0 miles south-southeast of Sylacauga, AL (from Sylacauga, AL: bearing 166°T), and is situated 15.0 miles west-northwest of Alexander City. Chipco Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the landscape, its slow movement defining the drainage of the surrounding woods and fields. Terrapin Hill rises to the north, a modest elevation that anchors the view for those traveling the secondary roads, while the distant, dense timber of Weogufka State Forest suggests the wilder, shadowed character of the region. As dusk settles, the heavy, humid air seems to cling to the longleaf pines, softening the sharp edges of the day until the light fades into a bruised, monochromatic gray.

Hanover exists as a place where the rhythms of the land remain largely tethered to the cycles of agriculture and the quiet endurance of its inhabitants. Local life is shaped by the proximity of the Coosa Wildlife Management Area, which preserves a portion of the wilder, untamed acreage that once dominated this interior territory. While the proximity of Mitchell Lake offers a singular point of stillness for the surrounding area, the economy remains rooted in the timber and soil that have sustained families for generations. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of the back roads and the persistent growth of hardwood stands that reclaim the edges of old homesteads, marking the passage of time with the slow, steady expansion of root and branch.

About This Hanover Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hanover, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.004843, -86.202472. 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 Hanover includes the ZIP code (35136, 35072), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Coosa County (Rockford), and school district assignment (Coosa 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.