Riverview Alabama Map

About Riverview, Alabama

Riverview is a locality in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 163. The population density is 43.5 people per km². Riverview is located at 31.0613°N, 87.0775°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Riverview is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35404, 36426.

Riverview occupies a low-lying stretch of Alabama where the Black Warrior River carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 2.5 miles east-northeast of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 74°T), and is situated 2.9 miles east-southeast of Northport. The earth here is defined by the deep, iron-rich red clay of Pine Flat, which abuts the riverbank and supports a dense canopy of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge rises against the horizon, providing a constant, silent anchor to the view. William Bacon Oliver Lake stretches out as a wide, placid expanse of water, its surface often catching the heavy, humid light of late afternoon in a way that turns the sky a bruised, metallic purple. Near the water’s edge, the State-owned Submerged Lands provide a quiet sanctuary for local flora, where the air feels heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp, cooling earth.

Riverview emerged from the rhythms of an economy long tethered to the movement of goods and timber along the water, a heritage that lingers in the weathered wooden structures near the riverbank. While the pace of life has shifted away from the heavy industry of previous decades, the legacy of those laborers remains etched into the local character, manifesting in a quiet, watchful pride. The people of Riverview maintain a steady, unadorned existence, moving through their days with an awareness of the seasonal shifts that dictate the growth of nearby orchards and the slow, rising levels of the river. It is a place where history is not displayed in glass cases but felt in the humidity that clings to the skin and the way the light filters through the moss-draped branches, illuminating a landscape that demands patient observation.

About This Riverview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverview, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.06126, -87.077531. 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 Riverview includes the ZIP code (35404, 36426), telephone area code (256, 251), county seat of Tuscaloosa County (Tuscaloosa), and school district assignment (Escambia 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.