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Spanish Fort is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. The 2020 census lists the population of the city as 10,049. [ 2 ] It is a suburb of Mobile and is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area .
The 2,000-acre (810 ha) park is located on Alabama 225 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of the town of Spanish Fort, Alabama. The park is bounded on the east by the highway and by the river to the west. Mobile, Alabama can be seen in the distance across the river. Camping, both primitive and RV, is available year-round.
The Battle of Spanish Fort took place from March 27 to April 8, 1865, in Baldwin County, Alabama, as part of the Mobile Campaign of the Western Theater of the American Civil War. After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay , Mobile nevertheless remained in Confederate hands.
Meaher State Park is a public recreation area located on Big Island, [1] an island at the north end of Mobile Bay that lies within the city limits of Spanish Fort, Alabama. The state park occupies 1,327 acres (537 ha) along the shoreline of Ducker Bay, [2] at the junction of Mobile Bay and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. [3]
It was the location of a major fort during the Civil War. One of the last battles of the Civil War was fought here in April 1865, as Union soldiers overran Confederates. The town is now in an Alabama historic state park known as Historic Blakeley State Park, north of Spanish Fort.
Spanish Fort, Alabama, a city; Spanish Fort (Colorado), a Spanish military post built near Sangre de Cristo Pass in 1819; Spanish Fort (New Orleans), Louisiana, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historical Places (NRHP) Spanish Fort Site (Holly Bluff, Mississippi), NRHP-listed; Old Spanish Fort (Pascagoula, Mississippi), NRHP-listed
The Mobile Campaign was a series of battles fought during the civil war in the Federals' efforts to capture the city of Mobile, Alabama. From March 26 to April 9, 1865, 6,000 outnumbered Confederate soldiers held off 45,000 Union soldiers that were attacking from Fort Blakeley and Spanish fort.
Bay Minette is located near the center of Baldwin County in southern Alabama. It is sited on high ground 5 miles (8 km) east of the Mobile River/Tensaw River valley and 6 miles (10 km) west of the Florida border formed by the Perdido River. U.S. Route 31 passes through the center of the city.