Riverside Alabama Map

About Riverside, Alabama

Riverside is a locality in Blount County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,227. The population density is 99.2 people per km². Riverside is located at 33.6164°N, 86.2044°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Riverside is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35907, 35135.

Riverside claims its place upon the red-clay earth where the Locust Fork carves a deliberate path through the dense, verdant canopy of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwoods. It lies 20.8 miles west-southwest of Boaz, AL (from Boaz, AL: bearing 244°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north of Oneonta. This landscape is defined by the heavy, humid air that clings to the skin and the quietude of the land as it shifts toward the shadowed depths of Singleton Hollow. Five miles to the west, Nevins Mountain rises against the horizon as a constant, silent sentinel, while the State-owned Submerged Lands protect the quiet, mud-slicked margins where life moves in concert with the seasonal swelling of the banks. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long, violet shadows across the fields that seem to hold the memory of the day’s heat long after the sun has slipped behind the timberline.

Riverside carries the weight of a quiet history, rooted in the steady, industrial pulse of the river valley that has long sustained its people. The local economy persists through a deliberate rhythm, balancing the legacy of agriculture with the demands of modern regional trade that moves along the arterial roads nearby. While Inland Lake provides a distant, shimmering presence for those seeking the stillness of deeper waters, the life of Riverside remains tethered to the persistent, turning flow of the Locust Fork. There is a distinct, unpretentious character to the daily commerce and the simple architecture that populates the center of Riverside, reflecting a community that values the slow accumulation of time over the frantic pace of the wider world.

About This Riverside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverside, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.616394, -86.204357. 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 Riverside includes the ZIP code (35907, 35135), telephone area code (334, 205, 256), county seat of Blount County (Oneonta), and school district assignment (Pell City 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.