Mobile County

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The Mobile Government Plaza
The Mobile Government Plaza
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : mobile
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
205 Government Street
Mobile, AL 36602-2613
Foundation : December 18, 1812
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 251
Demographics
Residents : 412,992  (2010)
Population density : 129.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 4258 km²
Water surface : 1064 km²
map
Map of Mobile County within Alabama
Website : www.mobilecountyal.gov

The Mobile County is a county in the US state of Alabama . At the 2010 census , the county had 412,992 people and a population density of 129.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Mobile .

geography

The county is located in the extreme southwest of Alabama at the confluence of the Mobile River and Mobile Bay , part of the Gulf of Mexico that borders the county to the south. It has an area of ​​4,258 square kilometers, of which 1,064 square kilometers are water surfaces. The following counties border Mobile County:

Greene County,
Mississippi 		Washington County
George County,
Mississippi 		Compass card (de) .svg Baldwin County
Jackson County,
Mississippi

Botany in the county

Bellingrath Gardens and Home

In Theodore is the historic Bellingrath Gardens and Home , a 26-hectare botanical garden . The garden is located on the Fowl River and was listed on October 19, 1982 as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places under number 82001609 .

Another botanical garden in the county is located in Mobile, the administrative center. These are the Mobile Botanical Gardens , with an area of ​​404,656 m².

history

The former Mobile County Courthouse
The General Walter K. Wilson Bridge of Interstate 65 over the Mobile River

The area of ​​today's Mobile County belonged to France from 1702 to 1763, then to Great Britain until 1780 and to Spain from 1780 to 1813.

Mobile County was formed on December 18, 1812 by proclamation by David Holmes , then governor of the Mississippi Territory . It was named after the bay , river and city ​​of the same name . These in turn are based in the French Fort Louis de la Mobile, which was built here in 1702 and derived its name from the Mobile who originally lived there .

The courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1832, 1840 and 1872 respectively.

Government Street Presbyterian Church (2007)

137 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of April 5, 2020), four of them have the status of National Historic Landmarks : the battleship USS ALABAMA , the submarine USS DRUM , the Mobile City Hall and Government Street Presbyterian Church .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1820 2672 -
1830 6267 134.5%
1840 18,741 199%
1850 27,600 47.3%
1860 41,131 49%
1870 49,311 19.9%
1880 48,653 -1.3%
1890 51,587 6%
1900 62,740 21.6%
1910 80,854 28.9%
1920 100.117 23.8%
1930 118,363 18.2%
1940 141,974 19.9%
1950 231.105 62.8%
1960 314,301 36%
1970 317,308 1 %
1980 364.980 15%
1990 378,643 3.7%
2000 399.843 5.6%
2010 412.992 3.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Mobile County had 412,992 people in 155,657 households. The population density was 129.3 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 60.2 percent white, 34.6 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 1.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.55 people lived in each of the 155,657 households.

25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.5 percent were 65 years or older. 52.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,828  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,274. 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Mobile County locations

Citys

Towns

Census-designated places (CDP)

other unincorporated communities

other places

literature

  • Thomas McAdory Owen: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. SJ Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago IL 1921.
  • Virginia O. Foscue: Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa et al. 1989, ISBN 0-8173-0410-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161575. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Mobile County in alabama.gov Accessed 12 February 2011
  3. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 28, 2011
  4. ^ Bellingrath Gardens and Home in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 209.
  6. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 5, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 5, 2020.
    Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Alabama. National Park Service , accessed April 5, 2020.
  7. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  8. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  9. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  10. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved November 28, 2011
  11. ↑ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Mobile County ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 28, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Mobile County, Alabama  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Wikivoyage: Mobile County  Travel Guide

Coordinates: 30 ° 47 ′  N , 88 ° 13 ′  W