West Point Alabama Map

About West Point, Alabama

West Point is a locality in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 584. The population density is 63.0 people per km². West Point is located at 34.2388°N, 86.9639°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. West Point is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36265, 35670, 35057.

West Point defines itself through the persistent, low-slung rhythm of the red-clay earth and the quiet passage of Rabes Branch, which carves a narrow, cooling vein through the landscape. It lies 3.6 miles northwest of Jacksonville, AL (from Jacksonville, AL: bearing 309°T), and is situated 6.6 miles northeast of Alexandria. The horizon is punctuated by the steady, dark silhouettes of the Big Pine Hills, standing guard two miles to the west, while the land itself dips toward the humid, sheltered basin of Maxwell Cove. Moisture clings to the air here, feeding the dense thickets of hardwoods that transition into pine stands, their needles casting a fine, rust-colored mulch across the forest floor. A mile away, the surface of Boozer's Lake catches the slanted afternoon light, acting as a polished mirror for the shifting clouds that drift over the inland expanse, far removed from the reach of any distant tides.

West Point maintains a steady, industrious character, anchored by a local economy that has long favored the patient cultivation of the soil and the methodical labor of small-scale commerce. The Jacksonville Community Center stands as a focal point for the collective life of the neighborhood, providing a common ground where the cadence of daily routines finds a place to settle and endure. History here is felt rather than recited, embedded in the architecture of modest homes and the way the roads follow the natural contours of the terrain, avoiding the arrogance of a straight line. Life in West Point moves with an unpretentious gravity, a deliberate pace where the changing of the seasons is marked by the deepening color of the foliage and the cooling of the evening air against the porch screens.

About This West Point Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Point, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.238761, -86.963925. 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 Point includes the ZIP code (36265, 35670, 35057), telephone area code (256, 205), county seat of Calhoun County (Anniston), and school district assignment (Cullman 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.