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Mabila [1] (also spelled Mavila, Mavilla, Maubila, or Mauvilla, as influenced by Spanish or French transliterations) [2] was a small fortress town known to the paramount chief Tuskaloosa in 1540, in a region of present-day central Alabama. [1]
The Sportsplex has hosted the SEC Women's Soccer Tournament on numerous occasions, in addition to the NCAA Division II men and women's soccer tournament. The facility once served as home to the Alabama Lightning of the North American Football League. [citation needed] A 112 feet (34 m) high Ferris wheel is located at The Wharf in Orange Beach. [14]
Gainestown is an unincorporated community on the Alabama River in Clarke County, Alabama, United States.It was named for George Strother Gaines, who was the senior United States Indian agent in the region; he established a trading post here in 1809 for business with the Choctaw, the predominant tribe.
The per capita income for the city was $24,356. About 6.8% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.4% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over. Since the year 2000, Baldwin County as a whole has experienced rapid population growth, second only to Shelby County in Alabama. [9]
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Dauphin Island, formerly Massacre Island (French: Île du Massacre) is an island town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on a barrier island of the same name, in the Gulf of Mexico. It incorporated in 1988. [5] The population was 1,778 at the 2020 census, [4] up from 1,238 at the 2010 census. The town is part of the Mobile metropolitan area.
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Gainesville is a town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1832, it was incorporated in 1835. [2] At the 2010 census the population was 208, down from 220. Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered his men near Gainesville on May 19, 1865, at the Civil War's end.