Piedmont Alabama Map

About Piedmont, Alabama

Piedmont is a locality in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,787. The population density is 188.1 people per km². Piedmont is located at 33.9276°N, 85.6153°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Piedmont is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35801, 36272.

Piedmont emerges from a landscape defined by the heavy, humid stillness of the deep interior, where the earth gives way to the rugged rise of Dugger Mountain. It lies 11.5 miles northeast of Jacksonville, AL (from Jacksonville, AL: bearing 48°T), and is situated 18.5 miles east of Glencoe. Nances Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the lowlands, its waters reflecting the shifting gray-green canopy of longleaf pine and dense bottomland hardwoods that define the local horizon. Light here possesses a particular, thick quality at dusk, turning the red-clay soil into a deep, bruised copper that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after it has dipped behind the ridge. Only three miles away, the surface of Lake Haven remains glassy and undisturbed, a silent mirror to the expansive sky, while the proximity of Park offers a sanctuary of untamed growth where the silence is broken only by the movement of wind through the high timber.

Piedmont carries the weight of a history rooted in the industry of the textile mills, which once hummed with a kinetic energy that dictated the tempo of daily life. Though the economic rhythm has shifted, the character of the place remains tethered to the slow, deliberate pace of the interior plains, far removed from the frantic reach of the distant coast. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the terrain deepens toward the distant reaches of Lanie Hollow, where the land holds its own quiet secrets of settlement and endurance. Life in Piedmont moves with a steady, unforced gravity, marked by the changing seasons of the pine woods and the enduring presence of the ridges that define its boundaries, grounding the people in a geography that feels both permanent and profoundly solitary.

About This Piedmont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Piedmont, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.927557, -85.615267. 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 Piedmont includes the ZIP code (35801, 36272), telephone area code (256, 334), county seat of Calhoun County (Anniston), and school district assignment (Piedmont City 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.