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Mobile County At A Glance

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Cities of Mobile County

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MOBILEAt a glance

MOBILE CO, AL is the second most-populous county

in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2017 census,

its population was 413,955. Its county seat is Mobile,

which was founded on the Mobile River. The city, river,

and county were named in honor of the indigenous

Maubila tribe.

Mobile County comprises the Mobile, Alabama

Metropolitan Statistical Area. This area was occupied

for thousands of years by varying cultures of indigenous

peoples. The historic Choctaw had occupied this area

along what became called the Mobile River when

encountered by early French traders and colonists,

who founded Mobile in the early eighteenth century.

The British took over the territory in 1763 (along with

Mobile County413,955

Mobile 190,265

Prichard 21,732

Saraland 14,576

Satsuma 6,154

Chickasaw 5,794

Semmes 4,934

Citronelle 3,900

Bayou La Batre 2,512

Creola 1,995

Mount Vernon 1,569

Dauphin Island 1,269

other French territories east of the Mississippi

River) after defeating the French in the Seven

Years’ War. During the American Revolutionary

War, it came under Spanish rule as part of

Spanish Florida. Spain ceded the territory to the

United States after the War of 1812.

The word “Mobile” is believed to stem from a

Choctaw Indian word for “paddlers”. The area

was occupied by French colonists from 1702–

1763, whose influence was strong in the city.

Today, Mobile County has a limited form of home

rule and is governed by a three-member county

commission. Each commissioner represents

a single-member district and is elected by the

voters of that district to serve a four-year term.

Mobile is also the home of the University of

South Alabama (USA), a public research

university divided into ten colleges, including

one of Alabama’s two state-supported medical

schools. USA has an enrollment of over 16,000

students and employs more than 6,000 faculty,

administrators, and support staff.

The city is most known for being the only saltwater

port in the state, and the Port of Mobile has

contributed significantly to the city’s economy

throughout its history.


Mobile Alabama is the only saltwater port, located on the Mobile River at the head of the

Mobile Bay and the north-central Gulf Coast.The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city, beginning with the settlement as an important trading center between the French colonists and Native Americans, down to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States.

Considered one of the Gulf Coast’s cultural centers, Mobile has several art museums, a symphony orchestra, professional opera, professional ballet company, and a large concentration of historic architecture.

Mobile is known for having the oldest organized Carnival or Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States. Its French Catholic colonial settlers celebrated this festival from the first decade of the 18th century. Beginning in 1830, Mobile was host to the first formally organized Carnival mystic society to celebrate with a parade in the United States. (In New Orleans such a group is called a krewe.)

For the full Mobile Mardi Gras experience, one must

attend Joe Cain Day and all of its uniquely Mobile events. Joe Cain is considered the founder of Mobile’s modern-day Mardi Gras. In 1866, he paraded through downtown Mobile dressed as an Indian chief, Chief Slackabamarinico aka “Chief Slac”. This small celebration rejuvenated the city’s Carnival tradition after the Civil War and Joe Cain became Mobile’s iconic Mascot.

There’s so much to see and do in Mobile. Visit Dauphin Street which is Mobile’s little sister to New Orleans’s Frenchmen Street, and it’s a blast. Honky-tonk bars keep

company with fashion-forward restaurants, an independent movie house, and a killer bookstore. Pedestrian good times ensue, all hours of day and night.

Take a tour and view all the architecture. One of the Gulf Coast’s oldest establishments (it was founded as the capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702), this city is straight-up historic. Not only does the downtown feature beautiful commercial architecture, but Mobile is home to stunning small neighborhoods with a wealth of historic homes. De Tonti Square Historic District is a mini-Garden District straight out of New Orleans, while Oakleigh could be Savannah, with its verdant squares Visit one of the many museums Mobile has to offer. The GulfQuest, the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico, this supremely interactive museum explores all aspects of life, commerce and culture on the Gulf. www.coastalliving.com

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Prichard is located in the southwest corner of Mobile County. It has a mayor/council form of government.

Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Williams was raised in Prichard.

Originally known as Toulminville, the community that is now Prichard was originally the site of a station on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. In 1879, Cleveland Prichard purchased the land from the original owners with the hopes of establishing a livestock and vegetable farming center that would supply other regions of the country with fresh early vegetables. Prichard urged local farmers to raise truck crops and bought the vegetables from them and shipped them throughout the nation. Prichard also built the Prichard Race Course, which flourished briefly as a winter training ground for thoroughbred race horses.

For the most part, the Prichard settlement was located on the Southside of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad track. Only downtown streets such as Wilson Ave., Main, Clark, and Holmes had any noticeable amount of residents on them.

Prichard remained a village until shortly after the beginning of World War I. As a result of the Chickasaw Shipbuilding plant and building of the town of Chickasaw by the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, the population of Prichard increased very rapidly.

On August 4, 1925, an election was held that allowed the property owners of Prichard to decide whether it should be incorporated as a town or not. 116 votes were cast that day, and the Incorporation passed with a count of 93 – 23. From henceforth, after roughly two hundred years as a settlement, Prichard would be recognized as a city.

The city reached a peak population of around 47,000 in the early

1960s, but the population has been declining since that time. In the 1980s and 1990s, major employers in the area, including the Scott and International paper companies and Brookley Field Air Base, shut down, severely affecting the local economy. Prichard declared bankruptcy in 1999 and 2009. In December 2010 the city defaulted on its pension fund.

PRICHARD

www.encyclopediaofalabama.org

A L A B A M AMobile County

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A city in Mobile County, Alabama, United

States, and a suburb of Mobile. As of

the 2017 census, the population of the

city is 14,576. It is a part of the Mobile

metropolitan area. Saraland is the third

largest city in Mobile County.

Saraland

MOBILE COUNTYCities of

SatsumaA city in Mobile County, Alabama, United

States. At the 2017 census the population was

6,154. Known prior to 1915 as Fig Tree Island,

the city was named after the Satsuma orange,

which was successfully cultivated and grown in

Alabama starting in 1878, a gift from Emperor

Meiji of Japan.

Chickasaw

Semmes

The city had its peak of population in 1960, when the shipyard was still operating at high capacity. Decline in shipyard jobs has resulted in a decline in overall population since then.

Ray Sawyer of the band Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show was born in Chickasaw in 1937.

Formerly an unincorporated community, voters in Semmes approved incorporation of a part of the community as the city of Semmes on August 17, 2010.

Semmes is on the central Gulf Coast and has a subtropical climate, which consists of warm, wet winters and very hot, very humid summers. Semmes is also vulnerable to hurricanes, which the area frequently experiences.

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Places to visitand things to doBattleship USS ALABAMA

2703 Battleship Pkwy, Mobile, AL 36602-8003

Mobile Carnival Museum355 Government St,

Mobile, AL 36602-2315

National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico

155 S Water St, 175 1750 Shelton Beach Road,

Mobile, AL 36602-3710

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

2 South Claiborne Street, Mobile, AL 36602

History Museum of Mobile111 S Royal St, Southern Market/

Old City Hall, Mobile, AL 36602-3101

Crescent Theater208 Dauphin St,

Mobile, AL 36602-2718

Historic Oakleigh House350 Oakleigh Pl,

Mobile, AL 36604-2910

The Fort of Colonial Mobile111 Sout Royal St,

Mobile, AL 36602-3001

Richards DAR House Museum256 N Joachim St,

Mobile, AL 36603-6472

Conde-Charlotte Museum104 Theatre St,

Mobile, AL 36602

Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center

65 Government St, Mobile, AL 36602-3107

Mobile Botanical Gardens5151 Museum Dr,

Mobile, AL 36608-1919

Bragg-Mitchell Mansion1906 Spring Hill Ave,

Mobile, AL 36607-2304

Hank Aaron Stadium755 Bolling Brothers Blvd,

Mobile, AL 36606-2505

Mobile Museum of Art4850 Museum Dr,

Mobile, AL 36608-1917

Magnolia Cemetery1202 Virginia St,

Mobile, AL 36604-2366

Bienville Square150 Dauphin St,

Mobile, AL 36602

Serda Brewery600 Government St,

Mobile, AL 36602-1720

Phoenix Fire Museum203 S Claiborne St,

Mobile, AL 36602-2322

Flea Market Mobile401 Schillinger Rd N,

Mobile, AL 36608-5203

Middle Bay LighthouseMobile, AL 36601

Mobile Symphony Orchestra257 Dauphin St,

Mobile, AL 36602-2719

Historic Magee Farm6222 Highway 45, Kushla,

Mobile, AL 36613-9402

Mobile Police History Museum320 Dauphin St,

Mobile, AL 36602-2722

The Shoppes at Bel Air3299 Bel Air Mall,

Mobile, AL 36606-3292

Mobile Medical Museum1664 Spring Hill Ave,

Mobile, AL 36604-1405

Mardi Gras Park104-148 S Royal St,

Mobile, AL 36602-3102

Joe Jefferson Playhouse11 S Carlen St,

Mobile, AL 36606-1489

Alabama Contemporary Art Center301 Conti St,

Mobile, AL 36602-2715

Artology Gallery & Gifts306 Dauphin St,

Mobile, AL 36602-2722

Gaillard IslandMobile Bay, Mobile, AL

Riverside IceSouth Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602

A L A B A M AWaterman Building61 Saint Joseph St,

Mobile, AL 36602-3530

BackFlash Antiques9 S Joachim St,

Mobile, AL 36602-2707

Spanish Plaza Park401 Government St,

Mobile, AL

Herndon Park2900 Dauphin St,

Mobile, AL 36606-2420

Eddie Stanky Field307 N University Blvd, Mobile, AL 36608-3053

Haint Blue Brewing806 Monroe St,

Mobile, AL 36602-1121

Cooper Riverside Park101 S Water St,

Mobile, AL 36602-3710

Mary Parker Antiques418 Dauphin Island Pkwy,

Mobile, AL 36606-1226

Bellingrath Gardens and Home12401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd,

Theodore, AL 36582

Fort Gaines51 Bienville Blvd,

Dauphin Island, AL 36528

The Estuarium102 Bienville Blvd,


Audubon Bird Sanctuary211 Bienville Blvd,


Dauphin Island Sea Lab101 Bienville Blvd,


Sand Island LighthouseGulf of Mexico

Indian Shell Mound Park830 Desoto Dr,


Public Beach1501 Bienville Blvd,


Municipal (Langan) Park4901 Zeigler Blvd,Mobile, AL 36608

USS Drum2703 Battleship Pkwy,

Mobile, AL 36603

Barton Academy102 S Cedar St,

Mobile, AL 36602

Alabama Korean War MemorialMobile, AL 36602

Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Site531 Lemoyne Dr,


Thriller Night Of Lights755, Bolling Brothers Blvd,

Mobile, AL 36606

Fort StoddertMt Vernon, AL 36560

Historic Mobile Preservation Society

300 Oakleigh Pl, Mobile, AL 36604

Downtown MobileDauphin St,

Mobile, AL 36602

West End Public BeachBienville Blvd,


National African American Archives and Museum

564 Dr Martin L King Jr Ave, Mobile, AL 36603

Cooper Riverside Park101 S Water St,

Mobile, AL 36602

Action Outdoors Entertainment, L.L.C.

650 LeMoyne Dr.Dauphin Island, AL 36528

Alabama Pecan Festival5055 Carol Plantation Rd.,

Mobile, AL 36619

American Sport Art Museum and Archives

One Academy Dr.Dauphin Island, AL 36528

Civil War Trail Battle for Mobile Bay

150 S. Royal St.Mobile, AL 36602

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Many scenes in director Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind were filmed in Mo-

bile—in the Bankhead Tunnel, in a large hangar at the Brookley Aeroplex (alien mothership arrival) and some exterior shots near the hangar, and in a West

Mobile suburb•

Most of the Steven Seagal movie Under Siege (co-starring Tommy Lee Jones) was filmed on the

USS Alabama, which is docked on Mobile Bay at Bat-tleship Memorial Park and open to the public.

Five baseball players from Mobile have entered

baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York:

Hank Aaron, Billy Williams, Willie McCovey, Satchel

Paige, and Ozzie Smith. In tribute to the city’s base-

ball history, the stadium for the minor league Mobile

BayBears is named for Hank Aaron. Chicago White

Sox starting pitcher Jake Peavy is also from Mobile

and Jon Lieber of the Philadelphia Phillies lives in

a suburb of Mobile and attended the University of

South Alabama with Luis Gonzales.

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The yellowhammer, also known as the northern flicker or yellow-shafted flicker, became the official

state bird of Alabama in 1927. Soldiers from Alabama were nicknamed “yellowhammers” in the Civil

War due to their grey-and-yellow uniforms, which matched the colors of the bird. Alabama soon

became known as the “yellowhammer state.”

TYellowhammers eat mostly insects including ants, flies and caterpillars along with snails, berries,

nuts and seeds. www.50states.com

Alabama State Bird

Camellia

Yellowhammer

The camellia was designated the state flower of Alabama in 1959, replacing the original state flower -

goldenrod (adopted in 1927). Camellias appear on the Alabama quarter. Alabama also recognizes an

official state wildflower.

Sometimes called “the rose of winter,” the camellia (Camellia japonica L) is a native of China, Korea,

Taiwan, and Japan. The camellia is cultivated in the southeastern United States in many different

colors and forms of flowers. statesymbolsusa.org

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MOBILE COUNTY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Dist 1 .................................................(251) 574-1000

Dist 2 .................................................(251) 574-2000

Dist 3 .................................................(251) 574-3000

Commissioners Reception ................(251) 574-5077

ADMINISTRATION

Information ........................................(251) 574-4636

Administration Reception ..................(251) 574-5073

Administrator .....................................(251) 574-8606

Deputy Administrator ........................(251) 574-8605

Director of Human Resources ..........(251) 574-5066

Director of Public Affairs ...................(251) 574-5088

Highway/Traffic Safety ......................(251) 574-8659

Human Resources ............................(251) 574-8788

Legal Department .............................(251) 574-3333

ALABAMA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SYSTEM

Mobile County Office ........................(251) 574-8445

COUNTY PARKS

Chickasabogue Park .........................(251) 574-2267

Mobile County River Delta Marina ....(251) 574-2266

West Mobile County Park .................(251) 574-7275

ROAD MAINTENANCE

Public Works Superintendent ...........(251) 574-4030

Administration ...................................(251) 574-4030

INSPECTION DEPARTMENT

Building Permit ..................................(251) 574-3507

Commercial Site Permit ....................(251) 574-3507

COUNTY AGENTS OFFICE .............(251) 574-8445

COURT-CIRCUIT

Circuit Court Clerk.............................(251) 574-8430

Court Administrator ...........................(251) 574-8771

COURT-DISTRICT

Bad Check Fines & Court Information .(251) 574-8511

Civil Division Information ..................(251) 574-8526

District Civil/Small Claims .................(251) 574-8526

District Criminal .................................(251) 574-8511

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Main Office ........................................(251) 574-8400

Check Enforcement Unit ...................(251) 574-5775

LICENSE COMMISSIONER

Information ........................................(251) 574-8551

Nick Matranga ...................................(251) 574-8566

Boat Registration...............................(251) 574-8563

Business and Professional Licenses (251) 574-4800

Driver’s Lic-Renewal-Information ......(251) 574-8562

Sales & Use Tax ................................(251) 574-4800

Hunting and Fishing License ............(251) 574-8563

Tags and Title ....................................(251) 574-8551

MOBILE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

........................................................... (251) 460-8000

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM (251) 574-3232

FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM (251) 574-6488

SHERIFF’S OFFICE ......................... (251) 574-2423

Emergencies and Complaints ..........(251) 574-8633

Sheriff ................................................(251) 574-7827

Chaplain ............................................(251) 574-7729

TOBACCO TAX ................................ (251) 574-8580

TREASURER ....................................(251) 574-8585

VETERANS AFFAIRS

Office .................................................(251) 574-8578

VOTER REGISTRATION ..................(251) 574-8586

VOTER REGISTRATION ..................251-574-8586

YOUTH CENTER

Judge ................................................(251) 574-8470

Mobile County Crisis Center .............(251) 574-3222

INDIGENT BURIALS ........................(251) 574-5980

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