Pleasant Grove Alabama Map

About Pleasant Grove, Alabama

Pleasant Grove is a locality in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 9,544. The population density is 375.1 people per km². Pleasant Grove is located at 33.4940°N, 86.9781°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pleasant Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35160, 35653, 35579.

Pleasant Grove occupies a quiet expanse of Alabama terrain where the horizon is defined by the persistent, soft geometry of inland woodlands and red-clay soil. It lies 21.0 miles west-southwest of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 253°T), and is situated 19.7 miles west-northwest of Moundville. The landscape holds the humidity of the deep south, allowing the air to sit heavy and still over the pine needles and bottomland hardwoods that define the local geography. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Jones Creek carve a path through the underbrush, while the surface of Longview Lake lies just two miles out, reflecting the bruised violet light of late afternoon. To the distant horizon, the silhouette of Pleasant Ridge breaks the skyline, a reminder of the elevation that anchors the region far from the reach of any saltwater breeze.

Pleasant Grove carries the quiet weight of a place built on the steady, industrious rhythms of a residential life that has moved away from its earliest agricultural origins. The economy here functions with a modest, internal pulse, supported by the proximity to larger industrial hubs while maintaining a distinct, local identity that favors the privacy of shaded porches and back roads. Five miles distant, the State-owned Submerged Lands remain a quiet preserve of the natural world, a stark contrast to the human-made streets that define the daily commute. Life in Pleasant Grove moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, marked by the changing colors of the turning leaves and the sound of dry wind moving through the canopy, grounding the people in a landscape that feels both permanent and modest.

About This Pleasant Grove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Grove, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.493969, -86.978145. 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 Pleasant Grove includes the ZIP code (35160, 35653, 35579), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Pickens County (Carrollton), and school district assignment (Jefferson 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.