Oak Grove Alabama Map

About Oak Grove, Alabama

Oak Grove is a locality in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 856. The population density is 189.4 people per km². Oak Grove is located at 33.1918°N, 86.2994°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 35151.

Oak Grove breathes a quiet dignity under the vast Alabama sky, its landscape a gentle swell of red earth giving way to stands of sturdy oaks and pines. It lies 30.1 miles east of Alabaster, AL (from Alabaster, AL: bearing 97°T), and is situated 3.0 miles west-north-west of Sylacauga. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of late summer afternoons, carries the faint, sweet scent of pine needles warmed by the sun. Creeks, often no more than a murmur after dry spells, carve shallow, winding paths through the terrain, their banks lined with ferns and moss-covered rocks. The houses, scattered across this gently rolling country, seem to hunker down, their porches offering a shaded respite from the sun's persistent gaze, and the occasional weathered barn stands as a stoic sentinel against the horizon. The history of Oak Grove is deeply entwined with the agricultural rhythms of Talladega County, a legacy of cotton fields and timber that still whispers through the sparsely populated stretches. While the grand plantations of yesteryear are long gone, the spirit of self-reliance and the connection to the land remain. The local economy, now a mosaic of small businesses and agricultural endeavors, finds its pulse in the steady work of its people, from the tending of livestock to the quiet hum of machinery in the workshops. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling tourist attractions, but in the unhurried conversations on a Saturday morning at the general store, and the way the light softens the edges of the fields as dusk settles, one finds the true, enduring character of Oak Grove.

About This Oak Grove Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Oak Grove, Alabama with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Oak Grove and Talladega County.

Detailed location data for Oak Grove includes the ZIP code (35151), telephone area code (205, 251, 256, 334, 938), county seat of Talladega County (Talladega), and school district assignment (Talladega County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Oak Grove is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.