Mobile, Alabama
Mobile (how to say: /moʊˈbiːl/) is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. The population within the city limits was 187,041 as of the 2020 census.[8] It is at the head of Mobile Bay. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 430,197 residents which is composed of Mobile and Washington counties and is the third largest MSA in the state.[4] Mobile Mobile is included in the Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope Combined Statistical Area with a total population of 661,964, the second largest CSA fully in the state.[7]
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| Coordinates: 30°41′40″N 88°02′35″W / 30.69444°N 88.04306°WCoordinates: 30°41′40″N 88°02′35″W / 30.69444°N 88.04306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Mobile |
| Founded | 1702 |
| Incorporated (town) | January 20, 1814[1] |
| Incorporated (city) | December 17, 1819[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| Area | |
| • City | 180.07 sq mi (466.39 km2) |
| • Land | 139.48 sq mi (361.26 km2) |
| • Water | 40.59 sq mi (105.14 km2) |
| • Urban | 222.8 sq mi (577 km2) |
| • Metro | 1,644 sq mi (4,260 km2) |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 187,041 |
| • Rank | US: 138th AL: 4th |
| • Density | 1,340.97/sq mi (517.75/km2) |
| • Urban | 321,907 (US: 126th)[5] |
| • Urban density | 1,458.3/sq mi (563.0/km2) |
| • Metro | 430,197 (US: 126th)[4] |
| • CSA | 661,964 (US: 76th)[7] |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | Zip codes[9]
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| FIPS code | 01-50000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404278[6] |
| Website | www |
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Mobile, Alabama Media
Mobile and the pentagonal Fort Condé in 1725
A reconstructed bastion of the Fort Condé
A HABS photo of the Southern Hotel on Water Street in 1934. It was completed in 1837 and demolished soon after this photograph was taken.
Convent and Academy of the Visitation, completed in 1855
Steamboats bound for inland Alabama and Mississippi being loaded at Mobile's dockyards
Mobile Cotton Exchange and Chamber of Commerce building, completed in 1886
The Van Antwerp Building, completed in 1907
Warehouse district at the port, 1932
A Liberty ship of the type built at Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company during World War II. Twenty were completed in Mobile.
The SS Hat Creek, a T2 tanker completed by Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company in 1943. The company built 102 of these oil tankers during WWII.
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References
- ↑ "An Act to provide for Government of the Town of Mobile. —Passed January 20, 1814." (Internet Archive). A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing The Statutes and Resolutions in Force at the end of the General Assembly in January 1823. Published by Ginn & Curtis, J. & J. Harper, Printers, New-York, 1828. Title 62. Chapter XII. Pages 780–781.
- ↑ "An Act to incorporate the City of Mobile. —Passed December 17, 1819." (Internet Archive). A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing The Statutes and Resolutions in Force at the end of the General Assembly in January 1823. Published by Ginn & Curtis, J. & J. Harper, Printers, New-York, 1828. Title 62. Chapter XVI. Pages 784–791.
- ↑ "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "P1. Race: Total Population: 2020 Census". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ↑ United States Census Bureau (December 29, 2022). "2020 Census Qualifying Urban Areas and Final Criteria Clarifications". Federal Register.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mobile, Alabama
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "P1. Race: 2020 Census". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Mobile city, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ↑ "Zip Code Lookup". USPS. Archived from the original on January 1, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
Other websites
- City of Mobile
- Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Mobile Carnival Museum
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