Louisville Alabama Map

About Louisville, Alabama

Louisville is a locality in Barbour County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 395. The population density is 55.5 people per km². Louisville is located at 31.7835°N, 85.5558°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Louisville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36048.

Louisville anchors itself within a landscape of stubborn red clay and longleaf pine, where the horizon is defined by the modest, rounded rise of Joe Hill nine miles to the west. It lies 23.0 miles north-northeast of Ozark, AL (from Ozark, AL: bearing 13°T), and is situated 9.0 miles southwest of Clayton. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the skin, cooling only when the sun dips low enough to cast long, spindly shadows across the fields. Just a mile from the center of town, Sand Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth, its banks thick with bottomland hardwood that dampens the sound of passing traffic. Six miles out, the landscape finds a protected expanse at the State-owned Submerged Lands, where the tangled growth suggests a wilderness that has reclaimed its own margins. Further afield, the quiet waters of Kellys Pond offer a solitary mirror for the pines, marking an eight-mile distance that feels like a world away from the bustle of the interstate highways.

Louisville emerged from the fertile promise of this inland soil, evolving through decades of agricultural labor that shaped the local economy around the steady cycles of peach and pecan harvests. The rhythm of daily life follows the slow, deliberate pace of these seasonal crops, leaving the storefronts and quiet streets to carry the weight of a long, complex history. Residents navigate a world where the legacy of the past persists in the weathered wood of older buildings and the collective memory of the surrounding farmland. Even as the modern world intrudes, Louisville maintains a distinct character, grounded in the resilience of those who tend to the orchards and the red-dirt roads that thread through the timberland. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual turning of the seasons and the enduring growth of the deep-rooted forests that surround the outskirts.

About This Louisville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Louisville, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.783496, -85.555775. 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 Louisville includes the ZIP code (36048), telephone area code (334, 251), county seat of Barbour County (Clayton), and school district assignment (Barbour 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.