Hollywood Alabama Map

About Hollywood, Alabama

Hollywood is a locality in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 914. The population density is 38.8 people per km². Hollywood is located at 34.7173°N, 85.9656°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hollywood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35209, 35769.

Hollywood holds the quiet gravity of a place where the earth tilts toward the water, marked by the persistent, slow carving of Mill Hollow. It lies 5.0 miles northeast of Scottsboro, AL (from Scottsboro, AL: bearing 44°T), and is situated 17.4 miles north-northwest of Rainsville. Beyond the immediate basin, the land rises into the rugged, shadowed silhouettes of Backbone Ridge, which stands as a silent sentinel over the local topography. The air here carries a heavy, sweet humidity that clings to the longleaf pines, and when the light fails at dusk, the atmosphere thickens with the scent of damp soil and ancient stone. Nearby, the waters of Dry Creek trace a winding, narrow path through the undergrowth, eventually finding rest within the expansive, glassy surface of Guntersville Lake, a mile away from the center of the terrain.

Hollywood emerged from the intersection of rail and soil, growing into a rhythm defined by the seasonal cycles of the surrounding agricultural expanse. The economy remains tethered to the land and the quiet industry of those who work it, maintaining a pace that favors the deliberate over the frantic. Beyond the immediate reach of the township, the State-owned Submerged Lands preserve a portion of the wild, untouched character that once defined the entire valley. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned grace, where the memory of earlier generations lingers in the red-clay dust of the back roads and the stillness of the afternoon. It is a place where the vast, inland geography dictates the scale of human ambition, keeping everything grounded in the reality of the season and the soil.

About This Hollywood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hollywood, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.717279, -85.965579. 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 Hollywood includes the ZIP code (35209, 35769), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Jackson County (Scottsboro), and school district assignment (Jackson 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.