Mosses Alabama Map

About Mosses, Alabama

Mosses is a locality in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 834. The population density is 67.9 people per km². Mosses is located at 32.1888°N, 86.6794°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mosses is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36040.

Mosses occupies a quiet expanse of the Black Belt, where the earth is stained a deep, rusted iron color and the air holds a persistent, heavy warmth. It lies 23.5 miles south-southwest of Prattville, AL (from Prattville, AL: bearing 212°T), and is situated 25.5 miles west-southwest of Montgomery. The landscape here is defined by low-slung agricultural fields and dense stands of timber that seem to absorb the afternoon heat, creating a stillness that feels heavy and deliberate. To the north, the faint, hazy outlines of the Fall Line Hills suggest a change in the topography that never quite reaches these flatter plains. A few miles away, the quiet surface of Powers Pond reflects the sky in a mirror of dark glass, while the sluggish, winding course of Rambo Branch draws a thin, verdant line through the brush. The light at dusk here has a peculiar, bruised quality, turning the longleaf pines into silhouettes that stand guard over the silent, red-clay back roads.

Mosses maintains a character forged by the slow, cyclical demands of the land and the weight of a complex history that lingers in the architecture of the older buildings. Local life is tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the harvest of pecans and the tending of fields remain central to the identity of the people who reside here. The proximity to the Lowndes Wildlife Management Area ensures that the surrounding woods remain a sanctuary for the local fauna, preserving a wildness that persists despite the encroachment of modern transit. While the pace of the days is measured and modest, there is a profound depth to the silence of the evening, a reminder that Mosses is a place where time is not so much measured by the clock as it is felt in the steady, patient growth of the forest and the enduring memory of the soil.

About This Mosses Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mosses, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.188758, -86.679435. 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 Mosses includes the ZIP code (36040), telephone area code (334, 251), county seat of Lowndes County (Hayneville), and school district assignment (Lowndes 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.