Alabama · Census place 0113648

Centre, Alabama

Centre is a city in Cherokee County, Alabama with an estimated 3,845 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 129th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,845; #129 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020: +6.7%; +240 people
Land area: 11.7 sq mi; + 0.05 sq mi water
Density: 329 / sq mi; State median 715

Orange pin: Centre. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

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Centre population, 2020 to 2024

Centre added 240 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.7%. In the latest year it moved by +57.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,601. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Centre covers 11.70 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 329 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Centre is less dense than the typical town.

What county Centre is in

All of Centre's residents live in Cherokee County, which had 26,138 residents in 2024. Centre holds 14.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Centre

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Centre by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35960. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Centre is

The Census internal point of Centre is at 34.153100, -85.671700. Montgomery, the capital, is 128.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hokes Bluff, AL (4,668 people), 15.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 67.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.153100, -85.671700
DMS: 34°09'11.16"N 85°40'18.12"W
UTM: 16N 622449.2E 3779928.5N
Geohash: dn5463ru0
Plus code: 866P583H+68

Daylight in Centre

At 34.15° N, Centre gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Centre

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Leesburg, 6.3 miles away, with 1,006 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Centre, AL?

3,845 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 240 (6.7%) from 3,605 in July 2020.

What county is Centre in?

Cherokee County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Centre?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35960.

How far is Centre from Montgomery?

128.0 miles (206.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Centre.

What is the nearest larger city to Centre?

Hokes Bluff, AL, with 4,668 residents, 15.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.