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West End-Cobb Town Alabama Map

Explore West End-Cobb Town, Alabama, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of West End-Cobb Town, Alabama

How to Use This West End-Cobb Town, Alabama Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West End-Cobb Town, Alabama. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Alabama or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to West End-Cobb Town.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityWest End-Cobb Town
StateAlabama (AL)
CountyCalhoun County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude33.6526
Longitude-85.8741
Population3,128
Density293.1 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code36201
Area Code334
County SeatAnniston
School DistrictCalhoun County School District

About West End-Cobb Town, Alabama

West End-Cobb Town is a locality in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,128. The population density is 293.1 people per km². West End-Cobb Town is located at 33.6526°N, 85.8741°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36201.

West End-Cobb Town occupies a quiet stretch of red-clay earth where the Coldwater Spring Branch carves a narrow, persistent path through the low-slung terrain. It lies 2.5 miles west-southwest of Anniston, AL (from Anniston, AL: bearing 258°T), and is situated 3.5 miles northwest of Oxford. The landscape is defined by this steady movement of water and the dense, dark green of longleaf pine that gathers at the edges of the horizon. Two miles to the east, Washer Hill rises as a modest, forested prominence, breaking the flatness of the fields and catching the heavy, humid light of late afternoon. Five miles away, the surface of Blue Pond remains largely undisturbed, a reflective basin that holds the sky in its stillness, while the broader expanse of the Talladega National Forest creates a deep, shadowed boundary eleven miles to the east.

West End-Cobb Town emerged from the persistent labor of those who worked the surrounding soil, their legacy still etched into the rhythm of the local economy and the slow, deliberate pace of the streets. The proximity to Thankful Community Park provides a singular space for gatherings, where the shade of hardwoods offers a reprieve from the summer heat. Residents look toward the distant Buck Horn Valley, six miles away, as a marker of the regional topography that has long shaped the patterns of settlement and trade. Life in West End-Cobb Town moves with a gravity born of deep roots, marked by the simple, enduring architecture of houses that have weathered decades of sun and rain, standing as quiet witnesses to the unfolding history of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Thankful Community Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 026° NE
  • Coldwater Mountain (State Recreation Area) — 1.1 mi, 179° S
  • Randolph Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 037° NE
  • Freedom Riders National Monument (National Monument) — 2.2 mi, 237° SW · 6 acres
  • Greyhound Bus Burning Site (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 238° SW
  • Greyhound Mural (Public Artwork) — 2.5 mi, 081° E
  • Samuel Noble Monument (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 082° E
  • AmStar Stadium Cinema 12 (Cinema) — 3.9 mi, 133° SE
  • Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.1 mi, 074° E · 18k acres
  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 125° SE
  • Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 7.1 mi, 180° S · 395k acres
  • Cheaha State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 160° S
  • Choccolocco Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 067° NE
  • Choccolocco State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 9.3 mi, 067° NE
  • Bald Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.5 mi, 161° S
  • Highest Point in Alabama (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 162° S
  • John Pelham Monument (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 032° NE
  • Janney Furnace Civil War and Native American Museum and Interpritive Center (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 320° NW
  • Carlton Ward Theater (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 028° NE
  • Cheaha Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.0 mi, 169° S · 7,400 acres
  • Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.5 mi, 044° NE · 8,947 acres
  • Talladega College Entrance Gate (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 222° SW
  • Talladega College Sign (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 222° SW
  • Bell UH-1 (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 162° S
  • Noccalula Falls Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 28.1 mi, 342° N
  • Boaz 9 Cinema (Cinema) — 41.0 mi, 337° NW
  • Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 41.6 mi, 000° N
  • ACTA Theater (Theatre) — 42.1 mi, 268° W
  • Blue Door Gallery (Gallery) — 46.3 mi, 096° E
  • Albertville Museum (Museum) — 46.7 mi, 336° NW

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About This West End-Cobb Town Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West End-Cobb Town, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.6526, -85.8741. 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 West End-Cobb Town includes the ZIP code (36201), telephone area code (334), county seat of Calhoun County (Anniston), and school district assignment (Calhoun County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.