Hatton Alabama Map

About Hatton, Alabama

Hatton is a locality in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 244. The population density is 70.7 people per km². Hatton is located at 34.5607°N, 87.4138°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 35646, 35672.

Hatton unfolds across a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of Shegog Creek, which carves a path through the low-lying terrain near the expansive waters of Wilson Lake. It lies 10.4 miles east of Muscle Shoals, AL (from Muscle Shoals, AL: bearing 86°T), and is situated 11.3 miles east-southeast of Florence. The horizon remains wide and steady, occasionally punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Peanut Ridge, while the earth itself holds the deep, oxidized hue of rich clay. Sunlight here tends to thicken in the late afternoon, catching the moisture in the air and casting a golden, heavy clarity over the fields that stretch toward the low depression of Bugger Bottom. Beyond the immediate clearings, the land yields to dense patches of hardwood that seem to breathe in the humid, stagnant heat, their leaves shivering only when the wind stirs from the north.

Hatton maintains an economy deeply tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the legacy of agricultural industry, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of the day. Local life is often quiet, marked by the steady transit of trucks along rural roads and the occasional traveler moving toward the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands to observe the undisturbed stillness of the wilderness. While the sound of water falling at Georgia Falls provides a distant, rhythmic murmur to the region, the character of the place is found in the endurance of its families and the modest architecture of its crossroads. It is a place where the history of the soil remains visible in the furrowed fields, and the evening light often lingers on the silos, illuminating a life that values the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons.

About This Hatton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hatton, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.560671, -87.413835. 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 Hatton includes the ZIP code (35646, 35672), telephone area code (256), county seat of Colbert County (Tuscumbia), and school district assignment (Lawrence 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.