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Minor Alabama Map

Explore Minor, Alabama, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Minor, Alabama

How to Use This Minor, Alabama Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Minor, Alabama. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Alabama or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Minor.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Minor
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Jefferson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.537328
Longitude	-86.940549
Population	1,088
Density	632.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	35224
Area Code	205
County Seat	Birmingham
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Minor, Alabama

Minor is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,088. The population density is 632.6 people per km². Minor is located at 33.5373°N, 86.9405°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 35224.

Minor maintains a quiet presence amid the rolling red-clay terrain of north-central Alabama, where the horizon is defined by the subtle rise of Irish Hill and the deepening shadows of Harden Hollow. It lies 6.8 miles north-northeast of Hueytown, AL (from Hueytown, AL: bearing 29°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west of Birmingham. The landscape here is characterized by a humid, inland stillness, broken only by the movement of Village Creek as it navigates the dense, hardwood-laden lowlands nearby. A short distance away, the quiet surface of Bayview Lake reflects the heavy, golden light of late afternoon, while the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands provide a protected expanse of earth and water that anchors the local ecosystem. The air often carries the scent of damp soil and the dense, green reach of temperate vegetation, creating a backdrop where the natural world asserts itself against the encroaching pace of modern development.

Minor preserves a legacy rooted in the industrial expansion of the Birmingham district, where the labor of past generations shaped the physical and economic character of the residential landscape. While the echoes of heavy industry have softened over time, the identity of Minor remains linked to the labor-intensive heritage of the region, where the influence of the nearby United States Reservation - Flat Top Experimental Forest highlights a commitment to understanding the timber and land resources that once fueled the local economy. Daily life proceeds with a measured, deliberate tempo, marked by the steady movement of residents through corridors that bridge the gap between suburban development and the persistent, wilder geography of the surrounding basin. It is a place where the history of coal and steel persists in the quiet dignity of the neighborhoods, grounding the community in a firm, unadorned reality.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 332° NW
Spring Water Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 124° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 308° NW
Pleasant Grove Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 222° SW
Pleasant Grove Softball Park (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 210° SW
Ishkooda Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.3 mi, 148° SE
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 097° E
Legacy Arena (Stadium) — 7.4 mi, 097° E
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 096° E
Steelworker (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 098° E
Rainbow LED Tunnel (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 105° E
MESH Collective Art (Public Artwork) — 7.7 mi, 144° SE
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 7.8 mi, 102° E
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 100° E
Heaviest Corner on Earth (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 101° E
Alys Stephens Center (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 110° E
The Storyteller (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 107° E
Birmingham Premiere LUX Ciné GSX & Pizza Pub (Cinema) — 9.1 mi, 138° SE
Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 9.9 mi, 121° SE
Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 119° SE
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.1 mi, 186° S · 48 acres
Oak Grove Football Stadium (Stadium) — 13.3 mi, 249° W
Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 13.5 mi, 090° E
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 148° SE
Old CCC Lakside Campsite ("Unit 1") (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 137° SE
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.7 mi, 193° S · 8,383 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 35.4 mi, 342° N · 182k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 40.9 mi, 208° SW · 395k acres

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