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Baldwin was Alabama's fastest-growing county from 2010 to 2020, with 4 of the top 10 fastest-growing cities in the state in recent years. [5] The U.S. federal government designates Baldwin County as the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metropolitan statistical area. It is the largest county in Alabama by area and is located on the eastern side of ...
Location of Baldwin County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Baldwin County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for ...
September 9–14, 1979: Hurricane Frederic was the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall in Alabama. 130 mph was its wind speeds and 943 millibars was its pressure when it made landfall in Dauphin Island. Frederic's wind gusts also made history, at 145 mph (later tied by Hurricane Ivan). It had the largest eye ever recorded as well ...
Blakeley is a ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. [2] During the height of its existence, Blakeley was a thriving town which flourished as a competitor to its western neighbor, Mobile. [3] [4] Blakeley was the county seat for Baldwin County from 1820 until 1868, when the county government was moved south to Daphne. [4]
In the first days of Baldwin County, the town of McIntosh Bluff (now in Mobile County, west of Baldwin County) on the Tombigbee River was the county seat. After being transferred to the town of Blakeley in 1810, the county seat was later moved to the city of Daphne in 1868. In 1900, by an act of the legislature of Alabama, the county seat was ...
On January 11, 1861, Alabama seceded from the Union. It joined the Confederate States of America on March 13, 1861. The town was named the county seat of Baldwin County, Alabama, in 1868 after the previous county seat, Blakeley, was deserted following the Civil War. [8] At that time, Daphne was known as The Village of Bell Rose. [6]
Marlow Ferry, located in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, is the former site of a ferry which crossed Fish River. It is also the location of two important events from the American Civil War and the War of 1812.
The community is most likely named for Francis Stockton, who was appointed in 1809 to select a site for the first Baldwin County courthouse. [3] The Stockton post office first began operations in 1837. [4] The U. S. Mail service delivered mail from Montgomery, Alabama by stage coach twice a week to Stockton.