Panola Alabama Map

About Panola, Alabama

Panola is a locality in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 71. The population density is 38.2 people per km². Panola is located at 32.9468°N, 88.2623°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 36046, 35477.

Panola exists as a quiet accumulation of red-clay earth and dense, tangled hardwoods that hold the heavy, humid air of the deep interior. It lies 44.3 miles west-southwest of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 246°T), and is situated 14.1 miles south-southwest of Aliceville. The landscape here is defined by the slow, rhythmic crawl of Rogers Creek, which winds through the low-lying timberland just a mile away, feeding the moisture that keeps the undergrowth lush and thick. Even when the sky turns a bruised, thundery purple at dusk, the light remains caught in the serrated edges of the pine needles, casting long, lean shadows across the fields. Beyond the immediate canopy, the terrain stays grounded and modest, far removed from the sharp peaks of Potters Ridge, which sits as a distant, hazy suggestion on the horizon. A mile in the opposite direction, the State-owned Submerged Lands preserve a silent, unmanicured stretch of wilderness, while the quiet waters of Jim Henderson Lake offer a singular point of stillness three miles from the center of the settlement.

Panola carries the weight of a long agricultural inheritance, where the soil has been worked for generations to yield the pecans and crops that once anchored the regional economy. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the slow turn of the seasons and the enduring memory of the people who shaped its difficult, formative years. Modern industry has thinned, leaving behind a pace that values the deliberate over the hurried, and a social character built on the persistence of long-standing family ties. There is a specific, melancholy beauty in how the architecture of the past—faded wooden structures and overgrown paths—recedes into the encroaching forest, reclaiming the land for the pines and the moss. Residents move through these spaces with a recognition of what has been lost and what remains, finding a communal stability in the simple, unbroken horizon that defines the boundary of their world.

About This Panola Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Panola, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.946819, -88.262266. 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 Panola includes the ZIP code (36046, 35477), telephone area code (334, 251, 256), county seat of Sumter County (Livingston), and school district assignment (Sumter 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.