Bay minette
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 First Baptist Church (2013) |
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| Location of Bay Minette in Baldwin County (left) and location of Baldwin County in Alabama (right) | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| County : | Baldwin County |
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 53 ′ N , 87 ° 46 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 8,044 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 180 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 44.89 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 44.68 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 82 m |
| Postal code : | 36507 |
| Area code : | +1 251 |
| FIPS : | 01-04660 |
| GNIS ID : | 113588 |
| Website : | www.cityofbayminette.org |
| Mayor : | Robert Wills |
 The Baldwin County Courthouse |
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Bay Minette is a city and county seat of Baldwin County in the US state of Alabama . The total area of the place is 44.89 km 2 .
geography
Bay Minette is located in southwest Alabama in the southern United States. It is located about 12 kilometers west of the Florida border and a few kilometers east of the river landscape of Mobile River , Middle River and Tensaw River , which flow together about 25 kilometers south into Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico .
Nearby places include Stapleton (10 kilometers south), Perdido (16 km northeast), Creola (16 km west) and Spanish Fort (816 km southwest). The next larger city with 195,000 inhabitants is Mobile, about 20 kilometers to the southwest .
history
The area was first settled in 1861 when the Louisville and Nashville Railroad reached the area. A crossroads arose which, like the landscape with numerous forests and the river landscape to the west, attracted many settlers.
Despite its central location, the city was not directly selected as the county seat. By 1898, the county seat changed twice before it was decided that it should be relocated to Bay Minette. However , this decision was not accepted by the previous County Seat Daphne and they refused to pass on the files and documents. The city tour of Bay Minette then circulated rumors of a murder and stole the documents from the courthouse in Daphne unnoticed while the investigation was ongoing , ultimately permitting the change of county seat.
This event is commemorated by a mural commissioned by the Works Progress Administration for the post office, built in 1937, by the painter Hilton Leech from Bridgeport , Connecticut .
Two buildings on the site are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of June 30, 2019), the First Baptist Church and the Killcreas House .
traffic
US Highway 31 runs through Bay Minette and runs 2060 kilometers from Alabama to Michigan . A few kilometers south of the city, it provides a connection to Interstate 10 . Alabama State Route 3 runs through the town on the same route for some parts , in addition to that, Alabama State Route 59 and Alabama State Route 287 lead north , both of which connect to Interstate 65, which is 5 kilometers north of the city .
Bay Minette Municipal Airport is about a kilometer west of the city .
education
Bay Minette has five schools and one college:
- Baldwin County High School
- North Baldwin Center for Technology
- Bay Minette Middle School
- Bay Minette Intermediate School
- Bay Minette Elementary School
- Faulkner State Community College
Bay Minette is part of the Daphne - Fairhope - Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area .
Demographics
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 749 | - | |
| 1920 | 1092 | 45.8% | |
| 1930 | 1545 | 41.5% | |
| 1940 | 1763 | 14.1% | |
| 1950 | 3732 | 111.7% | |
| 1960 | 5197 | 39.3% | |
| 1970 | 6727 | 29.4% | |
| 1980 | 7455 | 10.8% | |
| 1990 | 7168 | -3.8% | |
| 2000 | 7820 | 9.1% | |
| 2010 | 8044 | 2.9% | |
| 2017 estimate | 9169 | 14% | |
| US Decennial Census 2013 Estimate |
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At the time of the United States Census 2010, Bay Minette inhabited 8,040 people. The population density was 179.1 people per km 2 . There were 3856 housing units, an average of 79.9 per km 2 . The Bay Minette population was 60.4% White , 35.3% Black or African American , 1.0% Native American , 0.8% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 0.8% said belonging to other races and 1.7% named two or more races. 1.8% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Bay Minette distributed to 2744 households out of which 30.6% were living in children under 18 years of age. 41.6% of households were married, 21.5% had a female head of household without a husband, and 31.3% were not families. 27.6% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 11.4% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.08.
The population was divided into 23.6% minors, 13.7% 18–24 year olds, 24.0% 25–44 year olds, 24.1% 45–64 year olds and 14.5% aged 65 years or more. The median age was 35.2 years. For every 100 women there were 93.8 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 95.9 men.
The median household income in Bay Minette was 32,389 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 44,573 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 37,623 versus $ 23,125 for women. The per capita income was $ 16,897. 26.4% of the population and 17.1% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 33.9% of minors and 18.8% of those aged 65 and over.
Personalities
- Wallace Gilberry (* 1984), NFL player for the Cincinnati Bengals , was born here.
- Todd Grisham (* 1976), sports reporter and commentator, lives here.
- Ellis Hooks (* 1974), soul blues singer and songwriter, was born here.
- John McMillan (* 1941), politician and State Treasurer of Alabama, was born here.
- Anthony Mix (* 1983), former NFL player, was born here.
- Joe M. Rodgers (1933–2009), US Ambassador to France , was born here.
- Scotty Joe Weaver (1986-2004), gay victim of a hate crime, was born here.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Statistical data to Bay Minette (English)
- Bay Minette in the Encyclopedia of Alabama (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John C. Lewis and Harriet Brill Outlaw, Images of America: Baldwin County ( English ). Arcadia Publishing ,, ISBN 978-0-7385-6834-8 , pp. 14-16.
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↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 30, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 30, 2019. - ↑ Population and Housing Unit Estimates ( English ) Retrieved on 1 June of 2019.
- ↑ US Decennial Census ( English ) Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ↑ Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 ( English ) Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ Thom Jurek: Ellis Hooks | Biography . AllMusic. Accessed February 2014.