Explore Nixburg, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Nixburg, 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 Nixburg.
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 | Nixburg |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Coosa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 32.855488 |
| Longitude | -86.100838 |
| Population | 329 |
| Density | 17.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 36026, 35010 |
| Area Code | 334, 251, 205, 256 |
| County Seat | Rockford |
| School District | Coosa County School District |
Nixburg emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet collection of crossroads defined by the slow, deliberate transition from open farmland to dense timberland. It lies 12.1 miles southwest of Alexander City, AL (from Alexander City, AL: bearing 229°T), and is situated 18.2 miles northeast of Holtville. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, honeyed quality, thickening as it filters through the longleaf pines that stand in silent sentry over the horizon. To the distant north, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Weogufka Mountains marks the edge of the world, while the land closer to home drains toward the steady, winding path of Rocky Ford Creek. The air holds a persistent, humid weight that encourages the slow growth of hardwoods and ensures that the landscape remains a deep, verdant green throughout the long, languid months of the growing season.
Nixburg occupies a space where the rhythm of life is dictated by the cultivation of the soil and the quiet endurance of its rural roots. Economic activity remains tethered to the surrounding acreage, where the cultivation of orchards continues a long-standing tradition of working the land, even as the nearby presence of Martin Lake draws those seeking a reprieve from the heat of the afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the proximity to the State-owned Submerged Lands provides a vast, protected expanse that keeps the encroachment of the modern world at a distance. Life in Nixburg moves with the measured pace of a pendulum, indifferent to the haste of distant urban centers, preferring instead the steady, reliable cycles of the seasons and the shade of the pines.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nixburg, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.855488, -86.100838. 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 Nixburg includes the ZIP code (36026, 35010), telephone area code (334, 251, 205, 256), county seat of Coosa County (Rockford), and school district assignment (Coosa County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |