Explore Whitesboro, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Whitesboro, 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 Whitesboro.
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.
| City | Whitesboro |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Etowah County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.169004 |
| Longitude | -86.058499 |
| Population | 2,113 |
| Density | 46.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 35956 |
| Area Code | 334, 205 |
| County Seat | Gadsden |
| School District | Etowah County School District |
Whitesboro emerges from the dense, humid foliage where the earth shifts under the weight of Sand Mountain. It lies 6.1 miles east-southeast of Boaz, AL (from Boaz, AL: bearing 115°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north of Attalla. Yellow Leaf Creek carves a path through the red-clay soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish patience that mirrors the quietude of the surrounding woodlands. The landscape is defined by the steep, forested inclines of Sand Mountain, which loom over the horizon like a dormant titan, while the air remains thick with the scent of pine and the damp, earthy fragrance of bottomland hardwoods. In the stillness of dusk, light catches the moisture in the air, casting a bruised, violet glow over the fields that renders the familiar terrain momentarily alien and fragile.
Whitesboro maintains a rhythm dictated by the land, a heritage forged in the steady labor of inland agriculture and the silent endurance of its residents. The echoes of the past linger in the nearby hollows, specifically the quiet depths of Spout Spring Hollow, where the shadows seem to hold the weight of memory longer than the open plains. While the local economy remains tethered to the slow pulse of the soil, the proximity to H Neely Henry Lake provides a vital, shimmering counterpoint to the rugged highlands. Those who seek respite often drift toward the shade of Sardis Community Park, finding in its boundaries a simple, unadorned space to observe the turning of the seasons. Life here is not hurried by outside ambition, but rather measured by the slow, inevitable movement of the creek and the shadow of the ridge.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Whitesboro, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.169004, -86.058499. 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 Whitesboro includes the ZIP code (35956), telephone area code (334, 205), county seat of Etowah County (Gadsden), and school district assignment (Etowah 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |