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Bayou La Batre (/ ˌ b aɪ. oʊ l ə ˈ b æ t r i / or locally / ˌ b aɪ l ə ˈ b æ t r i /) is a city [a] in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area . As of the 2020 census , the population was 2,204, [ 3 ] down from 2,558 at the 2010 census.
Roy E. Ray Airport (FAA LID: 5R7) is a privately owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) northeast of the central business district of Bayou La Batre, a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. [1]
Big Shrimpin' is an American reality television series that premiered on November 17, 2011 on the History channel. The series follows three longtime shrimpers from Bayou La Batre, Alabama who are employed for Dominick Ficarino, who owns Dominick's Seafood.
The city of Mobile, first settled by French colonists in the early 18th century as part of La Louisiane, was designated as the county seat from the early days of the county. [1] Both the county and city derive their name from Fort Louis de la Mobile, a French fortification established (near present-day Axis, Alabama) in 1702.
Horizon Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The company was founded by the Short family in 1997 after a previous shipbuilding venture failed. [1] In 2002, Horizon declared bankruptcy after a Nigerian client failed to pay in full for several delivered vessels.
Joe Cain, who had played Old Slac until 1879, died in 1904 and was buried in the fishing village of Bayou La Batre . [1] Julian Lee "Judy" Rayford arranged to have Joe Cain reburied in Mobile's Church Street Graveyard in 1966, [ 2 ] and he established Joe Cain Day in 1967 by walking at the head of a jazz funeral down Government Street to the ...
The George Leatherbury House was a historic house along the shore of Portersville Bay, halfway between Bayou La Batre and Bayou Coden, in southern Mobile County, Alabama. Description and history [ edit ]
The school was formed in 1998 by combining Alba High School (in Bayou La Batre) and Grand Bay High School (formerly called Mobile County High School), who transitioned into respective middle schools. The school was named for Alma Bryant, an influential south Mobile County educator who had taught for a period of time at both schools. [6] [7]