Macedonia Alabama Map

About Macedonia, Alabama

Macedonia is a locality in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 241. The population density is 23.6 people per km². Macedonia is located at 33.4031°N, 88.2392°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 36036, 36273, 35578.

Macedonia emerges from the dense, red-clay terrain where the humid air lingers heavily among the longleaf pines and bottomland hardwoods. It lies 26.8 miles east of Oxford, AL (from Oxford, AL: bearing 95°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-northwest of Bowdon. The landscape is defined by the steady, winding movement of Little Lost Creek, which carves a modest path through the earth, while the quiet expanse of Lost Creek Lake Number 2 sits just a mile away, its surface often mirroring the thick, gray sky. In the distance, the silhouette of Blake Mountain provides a permanent, jagged anchor to the horizon, reminding those who traverse the back roads that the ground here is ancient and unyielding. The light at dusk possesses a peculiar, amber quality that softens the sharp edges of the timberland, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the fields as the temperature drops into a cooling, damp stillness.

Macedonia bears the quiet marks of a legacy built upon the deep, iron-rich soil that once sustained generations through the cycles of peach and pecan harvests. The local economy remains tethered to this land, though the rhythms of industry have shifted away from the intensive agriculture of the past toward a slower, more deliberate pace of life. Residents often look toward the State-owned Submerged Lands, a five-mile expanse that preserves the natural character of the region, as a reminder of the wilder, untamed spirit that persists despite the encroachment of modern infrastructure. The cultural memory of Macedonia is held in the quiet interactions between neighbors, a place where the weight of history is not shouted but felt in the deliberate, measured way the day unfolds under the canopy of the Alabama sun.

About This Macedonia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Macedonia, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.403139, -88.239221. 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 Macedonia includes the ZIP code (36036, 36273, 35578), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Cleburne County (Heflin), and school district assignment (Pickens 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.