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Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Alabama Port, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Map of Alabama Port on lower west side of Mobile Bay, 1861Map of Alabama Port on lower west side of Mobile Bay, 1861
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Coordinates: 30°21′45″N 88°6′52″W / 30.36250°N 88.11444°W / 30.36250; -88.11444
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMobile
Elevation7 ft (2 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code251

Alabama Port, also sometimes known as Port Alabama, is an unincorporated community on Mon Louis Island, in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

Geography

Alabama Port is located at 30°26′26″N 88°06′21″W / 30.440474°N 88.105832°W / 30.440474; -88.105832, on the western shore of Mobile Bay, at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m).

Demographics

Alabama Port Precinct (1880)

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880417—
U.S. Decennial Census

Alabama Port has never reported separately as an unincorporated community on the U.S. Census. However, in 1880, the 19th precinct of Mobile County bore its name, and had 417 residents. The name of the precinct was changed in 1890 to Cedar Point, then Heron Bayou and Dauphin Island in 1900, simply Heron Bayou for 1910-20 and "Herron Bay" for 1930–50. It was consolidated under the Bayou La Batre census division in 1960.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alabama Port, Alabama
  2. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Table III: Population of Civil Divisions Less Their Counties in the Aggregate, at the Censuses of 1880 and 1870" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  4. "Minor Civil Divisions. Table 5: Populations of States and Territories by Minor Civil Divisions 1890 and 1900" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  5. "Supplement for Alabama" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  6. "Alabama" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  7. "Number of Inhabitants: Alabama" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
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County seat: Mobile
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