Madison Alabama Map

About Madison, Alabama

Madison is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of 56,933. The population density is 724.0 people per km². Madison is located at 34.7105°N, 86.7623°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Madison is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35020, 36117, 35756.

Madison occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of red clay and the subtle shifts of an inland horizon, where the land eases into the broad, unassuming expanse of Jones Valley. It lies 3.1 miles north-northeast of Bessemer, AL (from Bessemer, AL: bearing 17°T), and is situated 9.5 miles southwest of Birmingham. Valley Creek meanders through the periphery of the terrain, carving a modest path that reflects the changing sky, while the silhouette of West Red Mountain rises to the south to anchor the view. The air holds a specific weight here, thick with the moisture of a continental climate that softens the edges of the afternoon, casting a long, amber glow over the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy tree lines. Residents often find that the light at dusk settles with a strange, heavy clarity, turning the local foliage into deep silhouettes against a sky that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the rise.

Madison serves as a modern intersection of aerospace industry and agricultural heritage, drawing its current rhythm from the precision of technical enterprise that has replaced the older, slower cycles of the plow. The legacy of the region remains visible in the architecture of the older streets, though the economy has pivoted toward the high-tech corridors that define the modern regional landscape. Leisure finds a place at the Roosevelt City Recreation Center, where the pace of the afternoon slows to a human scale, offering a contrast to the rapid development that characterizes the broader valley. Even as the town expands, the memory of the soil remains, a quiet acknowledgment of a place that balances its forward-looking ambitions with the steady, unyielding earth beneath it.

About This Madison Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Madison, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.710533, -86.76228. 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 Madison includes the ZIP code (35020, 36117, 35756), telephone area code (334, 251, 256), county seat of Jefferson County (Birmingham), and school district assignment (Madison City 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.