Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy

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Parent County
1812--Mobile County was created 1 August 1812 from West Florida. County seat: Mobile

Record Loss
Mobile, Alabama Wind Storm

July 5, 1916

1916-MOBILE IS SWEPT BY 85-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND. . The county courthouse was severely damaged, and faces of the clock on all four sides were blown off. . . The courthouse tower was wrecked and rain poured into the court rooms. . . (source:GenDisasters)

Cities
Bayou La Batre | Chickasaw | Citronelle | Creola | Mobile | Prichard | Saraland | Satsuma

Towns
Dauphin Island | Mount Vernon

Census Designation Places
Grand Bay | Theodore | Tillmans Corner

Unincorporated communities
Bucks | Eight Mile | Kushla | Mauvilla | St. Elmo | Semmes | Whistler

Ghost town
Beaver Mills

Neighboring Counties
Baldwin | Clarke | Washington | Mississippi counties: George | Greene | Jackson

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)