Kinston Alabama Map

About Kinston, Alabama

Kinston is a locality in Coffee County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 580. The population density is 45.8 people per km². Kinston is located at 31.2160°N, 86.1711°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kinston is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36453, 36467.

Kinston emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed plains of southern Alabama as a quiet collection of dwellings and commerce held together by the slow, humid pulse of the inland woods. It lies 19.9 miles west-southwest of Enterprise, AL (from Enterprise, AL: bearing 250°T), and is situated 6.8 miles southeast of Opp. The landscape is defined by the persistent presence of the longleaf pine, where the earth gives way to iron-rich soil that clings to the tires of passing trucks. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Flat Creek trace a path through the undergrowth, providing a cool, shaded reprieve from the heat that gathers in the open fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain lifts toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Buffalo Hill, while the dense, protected reaches of Geneva State Forest dominate the horizon, offering a vast, silent expanse of timber and scrub.

Kinston maintains a rhythm dictated by the agricultural cycles of the region, where the labor of the soil remains a primary anchor for the local economy. The proximity of Geneva State Forest, just two miles away, underscores a longstanding relationship between the inhabitants and the managed wild, an influence that permeates the quietude of the daily routine. Memories of the past cling to the architecture of the older structures, where the light at dusk catches the grain of weathered wood and the dust of the back roads settles into a fine, warm haze. Life here is not measured by the rush of progress, but by the steady, enduring persistence of the land itself, a quality that remains as evident as the stillness of the afternoon air.

About This Kinston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kinston, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.216004, -86.171058. 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 Kinston includes the ZIP code (36453, 36467), telephone area code (251), county seat of Coffee County (Elba), and school district assignment (Coffee 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.