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Rand McNally Mobile & Vicinity: StreetFinder (Rand McNally Mobile Street Guide: Including Mobile County & Baldwin) The Political Use of Racial Narratives: School Desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, 1954-97 Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags: Black Officeholders During the Reconstruction of Alabama 1867-1878
Indian Pottery From Clarke County And Mobile County, Southern Alabama People From Mobile County, Alabama: People From Mobile, Alabama, Satchel Paige, Hank Aaron, Ozzie Smith, Gregory Benford, Jimmy Buffett Old Mobile: Fort Louis de la Louisiane, 1702-1711 (Library Alabama Classics)
Marriages of Mobile County, Alabama, 1813-1855 Marriages of Mobile County, Alabama, 1856-1875 Tracing Your Alabama Past
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COUNTY HISTORY

Mobile County was created by proclamation of Gov. Holmes of the Mississippi Territory on 18 December 1812. The county is located in the southwestern corner of the of Alabama and is bordered by the state of Mississippi on the west, Washington County on the north, Baldwin County and Mobile Bay on the east, and the Gulf of Mexico on the south. The city of Mobile is the county seat. Both the city and the county derive their name from Fort Louis de la Mobile, a French fortification erected near Mount Vernon in 1702. The word Mobile is believed to come from a Choctaw Indian word for "paddlers." The area was occupied by the French from 1702-1763, by the British from 1763-1780, and by the Spanish from 1780-1813. Courthouse fires occurred in 1823, 1840, and 1872. Other towns and communities include Citronelle, Bayou LeBatre, and Theodore.

Source: Owen, Thomas McAdory. History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography . Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921.

Toulmin's Digest, 1823.


COUNTY INDEX

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The date each county was formed is noted.

County Name
Established
Origin of Name
County Seat
Autauga
Nov 21, 1818
American Indian Village of Atagi
Prattville
Baine, see Etowah
Dec 7, 1866
Gen. David W. Baine, CSA
Gadsden
Baldwin
Dec 21, 1809
Sen. Abraham Baldwin/GA
Bay Minette
Baker, see Chilton
Dec 30, 1868
Alfred Baker
Grantville
Barbour
Dec 18, 1832
Gov. James Barbour/VA
Clayton
Benton, see Calhoun
Dec 18, 1832
U.S. Sen. Thomas Hart Benton/MO
Jacksonville
Bibb
Feb 7, 1818
Gov. William W. Bibb
Centreville
Blount
Feb 6, 1818
Gov. Willie G. Blount/TN
Oneonta
Bullock
Dec 5, 1866
Col. Edward C. Bullock
Union Springs
Butler
Dec 13, 1819
Capt. William Butler/Creek Wars
Greenville
Cahawba, see Bibb
Feb 7, 1818
Cahawba River, from Choctaw "water above"
Cahawba
Calhoun
Dec 18, 1832
Sen. John C. Calhoun/SC
Anniston
Chambers
Dec 18, 1832
Sen. Henry C. Chambers/AL
Lafayette
Cherokee
Jan 9, 1836
American Indian Tribe
Centre
Chilton
Dec 30, 1868
Confederate Cong. Wm. P. Chilton
Clanton
Choctaw
Dec 29, 1847
American Indian Tribe
Butler
Clarke
Dec 10, 1812
Gen. John Clarke/GA
Grove Hill
Clay
Dec 7, 1866
Sen. Henry Clay/KY
Ashland
Cleburne
Dec 6, 1866
Major Gen. Patrick Cleburne/AR
Heflin
Coffee
Dec 29, 1841
Gen. John Coffee
Elba
Colbert
Feb 6, 1867
Chiefs George & Levi Colbert
Tuscumbia
Conecuh
Feb 13, 1818
American Indian word
Evergreen
Coosa
Dec 18, 1832
Town of Alabama Indians
Rockford
Cotaco; see Morgan
Feb 8, 1818
Cotaco Creek
Somerville
Covington
Dec 17, 1821
Brig. Gen. Leonard Covington/MD
Andalusia
Crenshaw
Nov 30, 1866
Judge Anderson Crenshaw
Luverne
Cullman
Jan 24, 1877
Johann G. Cullmann
Cullman
Dale
Dec 22, 1824
Gen. Samuel Dale
Ozark
Dallas
Feb 9, 1818
A.J. Dallas, US Sec. of Treasury/PA
Selma
Decatur
Dec. 7, 1821
Commodore Stephen Decatur
Woodville
DeKalb
Jan 9, 1836
Major Gen. Baron DeKalb/Am. Rev.
Fort Payne
Elmore
Feb 15, 1866
Gen. John A. Elmore
Wetumpka
Escambia
Dec 10, 1868
American Indian name/river
Brewton
Etowah
Dec 7, 1866
Cherokee Indian name
Gadsden
Fayette
Dec 20, 1824
Marquis de LaFayette
Fayette
Franklin
Feb 6, 1818
Benjamin Franklin
Russellville
Geneva
Dec 26, 1868
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva
Greene
Dec 13, 1819
Gen. Nathaniel Greene/GA
Eutaw
Hale
Jan 30, 1867
Col. Stephen F. Hale
Greensboro
Hancock, seeWinston
Feb 12, 1850
Gov. John Hancock/MA
Double Springs
Henry
Dec 13, 1819
Gov. Patrick Henry/VA
Abbeville
Houston
Feb 9, 1903
Gov. George S. Houston
Dothan
Jackson
Dec 13, 1819
Gen. Andrew Jackson
Scottsboro
Jefferson
Dec 13, 1819
Pres. Thomas Jefferson
Birmingham
Jones, see Lamar
Feb 4, 1867
E. P. Jones/Fayette County
Vernon
Lamar
Feb 4, 1867
Sen. L.Q.C. Lamar/MS
Vernon
Lauderdale
Feb 6, 1818
Col. James Lauderdale/TN
Florence
Lawrence
Feb 6, 1818
Capt. J. Lawrence, USN/VT
Moulton
Lee
Dec 5, 1866
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Opelika
Limestone
Feb 6, 1818
Limestone Creek
Athens
Lowndes
Jan 20, 1830
Cong. William Lowndes/SC
Hayneville
Macon
Dec 18, 1832
Sen. Nathaniel Macon/NC
Tuskegee
Madison
Dec 13, 1808
Pres. James Madison
Huntsville
Marengo
Feb 6, 1818
French battlefield
Linden
Marion
Feb 13, 1818
Gen. Francis Marion/SC
Hamilton
Marshall
Jan 9, 1836
Chief Justice John Marshall
Guntersville
Mobile
Dec 18, 1812
Named for Maubila Indians
Mobile
Monroe
Jun 29, 1815
Pres. James Monroe
Monroeville
Montgomery
Dec 6, 1816
Major L.P. Montgomery/TN
Montgomery
Morgan
Feb 6, 1818
Gen. Daniel Morgan/VA
Decatur
Perry
Dec 13, 1819
Commodore O.H. Perry/RI
Marion
Pickens
Dec 20, 1820
Gen. Andrew Pickens/SC
Carrollton
Pike
Dec 17, 1821
Gen. Zebulon M. Pike/NJ
Troy
Randolph
Dec 18, 1832
Sen. John Randolph/VA
Wedowee
Russell
Dec 18, 1832
Col. Gilbert C. Russell/Creek Wars
Phenix City
Sanford, see Lamar
Feb 4, 1867
H. C. Sanford/Cherokee County
Vernon
St. Clair
Nov 20, 1818
Gen. Arthur St. Clair/PA
Ashville
Shelby
Feb 7, 1818
Gov. Isaac Shelby/KY
Columbiana
Sumter
Dec 18, 1832
Gen. Thomas Sumter/SC
Livingston
Talladega
Dec 18, 1832
Town of Creek Indians
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Dec 18, 1832
American Indian name
Dadeville
Tuscaloosa
Feb 6, 1818
Chief Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Dec 26, 1823
Sen. John W. Walker
Jasper
Washington
Jun 4, 1800
Pres. George Washington
Chatom
Wilcox
Dec 13, 1819
Lt. J.M. Wilcox/Creek Wars
Camden
Winston
Feb 12, 1850
Gov. John A. Winston
Double Springs

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