Hartford Alabama Map

About Hartford, Alabama

Hartford is a locality in Geneva County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,651. The population density is 164.1 people per km². Hartford is located at 31.1024°N, 85.6969°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hartford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36344.

Hartford emerges from the flat, pine-studded plains of lower Alabama as a quiet settlement defined by the slow, deliberate work of the sun on red-clay soil. It lies 17.4 miles south-southeast of Enterprise, AL (from Enterprise, AL: bearing 147°T), and is situated 19.9 miles west-southwest of Dothan. Sunlight filters through the canopy of longleaf pines, casting long, amber shadows that stretch across the fields toward the distant, gentle rise of Coates Hill. A mile from the center, the dark, slow-moving waters of Barnes Creek carve a quiet path through the earth, feeding the moisture-rich bottomlands where hardwoods thrive in the humid air. Five miles away, the landscape dips into the quiet obscurity of Posey Hollow, a depression in the terrain that collects the morning mist before it burns away under the heat of the day.

Hartford draws its character from a legacy of agriculture, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life among the pecan groves and peach orchards that define the surrounding acreage. The economy remains tethered to the land, reflecting a history of resilience and steady cultivation that persists even as the modern world shifts around it. For those seeking the quietude of the natural world, the State-owned Submerged Lands offer a protected expanse of wilderness five miles distant, while the waters of Open Pond, fifteen miles away, provide a stillness that mirrors the unhurried temperament of the local people. Life in Hartford moves with a gravity of its own, grounded in the permanence of the soil and the enduring cycles of the harvest.

About This Hartford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hartford, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.1024, -85.696878. 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 Hartford includes the ZIP code (36344), telephone area code (334), county seat of Geneva County (Geneva), and school district assignment (Geneva 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.