Ridgeville Alabama Map

About Ridgeville, Alabama

Ridgeville is a locality in Butler County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 83. The population density is 39.0 people per km². Ridgeville is located at 34.0569°N, 86.1029°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ridgeville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36030, 35954.

Ridgeville occupies a quiet expanse of red-clay earth where the horizon is defined by the modest, rounded crest of County Line Hill three miles to the west. It lies 35.0 miles south-southeast of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 162°T), and is situated 14.6 miles west-northwest of Greenville. Wolf Creek meanders through the landscape just a mile from the center, its low, steady flow carving through the thickets of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood that define the region. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the dust stirred up by tires on unpaved roads and gilding the thick, tangled greenery that crowds the water’s edge. The air holds a persistent, humid weight, carrying the scent of damp soil and sun-warmed pine needles across the fields. Beyond the immediate terrain, the landscape opens into broad, quiet stretches of agricultural land that seem to hold their breath under the vast, shifting sky.

Ridgeville maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal cycles of the soil, with a local economy that still leans into the rhythms of pecan orchards and small-scale farming. The history of the area is quiet, marked by the steady endurance of families who have worked these fields for generations and a collective memory that lingers in the weathered wooden structures near the town square. Not far away, the State-owned Submerged Lands provide a sanctuary for native flora and fauna, preserving a fragment of the wilder, untamed Alabama that existed long before the current roads were laid. Residents often look toward Hammond Lake, twenty-two miles distant, for a change of scenery, yet the true character of Ridgeville remains rooted in the immediate, familiar connection to the creek and the clay. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the slow, inevitable deepening of the shadows across the pines as evening arrives.

About This Ridgeville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ridgeville, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.056929, -86.102874. 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 Ridgeville includes the ZIP code (36030, 35954), telephone area code (334, 251, 205), county seat of Butler County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Etowah 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.