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History of Alabama. Mobile was founded as the capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702 and remained a part of New France for over 60 years. During 1720, when France warred with Spain, Mobile was on the battlefront, so the capital moved west to Biloxi. [1] In 1763, Britain took control of the colony following their victory in the Seven Years ...
Mobile (/ m oʊ ˈ b iː l / moh-BEEL, French: ⓘ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census. [8] [9] After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobile's population increased to 204,689 residents, making it the fourth-most populous city in Alabama, after Montgomery, Birmingham, and ...
The Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO) located in Mobile, Alabama, was one of the largest marine production facilities in the United States during the 20th century. It began operation in 1917, and expanded dramatically during World War II; with 30,000 workers, including numerous African Americans and women, it became the largest ...
A map of Mobile Bay and surroundings during the American Civil War. Mobile, Alabama, during the American Civil War was an important port city on the Gulf of Mexico for the Confederate States of America. Mobile fell to the Union Army late in the war following successful attacks on the defenses of Mobile Bay by the Union Navy.
July 12, 1991. (#91000855) 1806 Airport Blvd. 30°40′42″N 88°04′56″W / 30.6783°N 88.0822°W / 30.6783; -88.0822 (George Fearn House) This house in Midtown, built in 1904, is the earliest example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style in Mobile.
The John Archibald Campbell United States Courthouse, also known as the United States Court House and Custom House, is a historic courthouse and former custom house in Mobile, Alabama. It was completed in 1935. An addition to the west was completed in 1940. [2] [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 2008.
Mobile County (/ moʊˈbiːl / moh-BEEL) is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the third-most populous county in the state after Jefferson and Madison counties. As of the 2020 census, its population was 414,809. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Mobile, which was founded as a deepwater port on the Mobile River.
1702 - Fort Louis de la Mobile founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville of Montreal. [ 1 ] 1703 - Mardi Gras begins. [ 2 ] 1722 - French Louisiana capital relocated from Mobile to New Orleans. [ 3 ] 1723 - Fort Conde built. 1763 - Mobile becomes part of British West Florida per Treaty of Paris (1763).