Hollywood Alabama Map

About Hollywood, Alabama

Hollywood is a locality in Jefferson 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 emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet stretch of Alabama landscape defined by the persistent, winding presence of Shades Creek. It lies 1.0 miles east of Homewood, AL (from Homewood, AL: bearing 86°T), and is situated 3.5 miles south-southeast of Birmingham. The terrain here holds a subtle weight, characterized by the dense, humid air that clings to the bottomland hardwoods and the occasional reach of longleaf pine. Three miles to the east, the slopes of Little Valley Mountain rise against the sky, grounding the horizon in a permanent, stone-hewn stillness. The quality of light during the late afternoon here is thick and amber, catching the dust of back roads and illuminating the transition from the low-lying plains toward the distant, rolling topography that marks the regional character.

Hollywood carries the quiet industry of a place built on the steady, slow labor of the land, far removed from the clamor of the coast. Only a mile away, Overton Park offers a preserved pocket of green space where the local rhythm is measured by the changing seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. While the echoes of history linger in the soil, the current life of Hollywood remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the maintenance of its modest, enduring infrastructure. Seven miles distant, the waters of The Narrows offer a reflective contrast to the agricultural fields, serving as a silent witness to the passage of time in an inland region that values its solitude and its deep, earthen roots.

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 Jefferson County (Birmingham), 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.