Memphis Alabama Map

About Memphis, Alabama

Memphis is a locality in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 29. The population density is 28.9 people per km². Memphis is located at 33.1370°N, 88.3059°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Memphis is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36301, 35442.

Memphis emerges from the flat, red-clay expanse of the Alabama interior, where the land holds the heavy, humid weight of the afternoon. It lies 42.1 miles west of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 261°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west of Aliceville. Wallace Creek carves a deliberate, quiet path through the terrain, its banks lined with the deep green of bottomland hardwoods that seem to drink the thick summer air. Only a mile away, the still surface of Steps Lake reflects a sky that turns the color of bruised plums as the light wanes, casting long, sharp shadows across the fields. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy outline of the Walnut Hills offers a jagged contrast to the otherwise leveled horizon, providing a silent, immovable boundary to the view. Everywhere one looks, the State-owned Submerged Lands preserve the raw, unkempt character of the wetlands, where the cycles of growth and decay continue without human interruption.

Memphis endures as a place of quiet persistence, its history anchored in the soil and the slow, rhythmic labor of the agricultural traditions that define the local economy. The architecture here favors utility over ornamentation, with modest structures built to withstand the swelter of long, sun-drenched growing seasons. Life in Memphis moves according to the demands of the harvest and the seasons, a pace that feels less like a choice and more like a response to the land’s own temperament. Pecan groves and small-scale plantings signify a way of life that remains tethered to the cycles of the earth, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. In the quiet hours of the morning, when the mist clings to the low-lying areas, the stillness reveals a landscape that is both ancient and entirely present, holding its own memory in the texture of the dust and the slow, deliberate flow of the water.

About This Memphis Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Memphis, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.137044, -88.305942. 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 Memphis includes the ZIP code (36301, 35442), telephone area code (334, 256), county seat of Pickens County (Carrollton), 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.