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The Foley Downtown Historic District, in Foley, Alabama, United States, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.. Its boundaries originally encompassed parts of Alston St., North and South McKenzie St., U.S. Route 98, East and West Laurel Ave., Myrtle Ave., Rose Ave., and West Orange Ave. until a boundary decrease on June 4, 2012.
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 ...
Foley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. The 2010 census lists the population of the city as 14,618. [ 2 ] Foley is a principal city of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area , which includes all of Baldwin County.
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 ...
The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population. A municipality with a population of 2,000 or more is a city, while less than 2,000 is a town. [ 4 ] For legislative purposes, municipalities are divided into eight classes based on the municipality's population, as certified by the 1970 federal ...
Alabama State Route 59 passes along the west side of the town, leading north 5 miles (8 km) to Robertsdale and south 6 miles (10 km) to Foley. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.2 km 2), of which 9.7 square miles (25.1 km 2) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.38%, is water. [3]
Interstate 10 passes through the northern end of town, with access via Exit 44 (Alabama State Route 59). According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 32.2 square miles (83.4 km 2 ), of which 31.9 square miles (82.5 km 2 ) is land and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km 2 ), or 1.15%, is water.
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 ...