Sims Chapel Alabama Map

About Sims Chapel, Alabama

Sims Chapel is a locality in Washington County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 145. The population density is 9.8 people per km². Sims Chapel is located at 31.2493°N, 88.1430°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36553.

Sims Chapel holds a quiet stillness where the red-clay earth meets the dense, timbered shadows of the deep woods. It lies 27.9 miles north of Saraland, AL (from Saraland, AL: bearing 350°T), and is situated 10.1 miles north-northeast of Citronelle. Bates Creek winds through the low-lying terrain, its sluggish, dark waters carving a path through the heavy soil and providing a constant, muted pulse to the landscape. To the north, the rise of Dove Roost Hill breaks the horizon, offering a subtle elevation above the surrounding expanse of hardwoods and longleaf pine. The air here holds the weight of the humidity, thickening as the afternoon light filters through the canopy, casting long, amber-hued shapes across the forest floor of the Frank W. and Rob M. Boykin Wildlife Management Area. In this silence, the land feels ancient and indifferent, defined by the slow, seasonal cycle of the creek and the dense, encroaching green of the thickets.

Sims Chapel carries the marks of a history rooted in the hard labor of the timber industry and the quiet persistence of rural life. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the woods and the soil, with the legacy of forest management and small-scale agriculture shaping the character of the people who reside here. While Three Rivers Lake waits eleven miles away as a distant point of repose, the immediate life of the region is centered on the dense, managed tracts of the Frank W. and Rob M. Boykin Wildlife Management Area, which serves as both a buffer and a defining presence for the locality. The pace of the day is dictated not by the clock, but by the gradual shifting of shadows across the pines and the seasonal work that keeps the community anchored to the land. Here, existence is measured by the enduring patience of the woods, where memory and labor persist in the quiet, humid heat of the interior South.

About This Sims Chapel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sims Chapel, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.249255, -88.142971. 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 Sims Chapel includes the ZIP code (36553), telephone area code (251), county seat of Washington County (Chatom), and school district assignment (Washington 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.