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Alabama Port, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

30°21′45″N 88°6′52″W / 30.36250°N 88.11444°W / 30.36250; -88.11444CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyMobileElevation

7 ft (2 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code251

Alabama Port, also sometimes known as Port Alabama, is an unincorporated community on Mon Louis Island, in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.^[1]

Geography

Alabama Port is located at 30°26′26″N 88°06′21″W / 30.440474°N 88.105832°W / 30.440474; -88.105832, on the western shore of Mobile Bay, at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m).^[1]

Demographics

Alabama Port Precinct (1880)

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	417		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[2]

Alabama Port has never reported separately as an unincorporated community on the U.S. Census. However, in 1880, the 19th precinct of Mobile County bore its name, and had 417 residents.^[3] The name of the precinct was changed in 1890^[3] to Cedar Point, then Heron Bayou and Dauphin Island in 1900,^[4] simply Heron Bayou for 1910-20^[5] and "Herron Bay" for 1930–50.^[6] It was consolidated under the Bayou La Batre census division in 1960.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alabama Port, Alabama
^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Table III: Population of Civil Divisions Less Their Counties in the Aggregate, at the Censuses of 1880 and 1870" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "Minor Civil Divisions. Table 5: Populations of States and Territories by Minor Civil Divisions 1890 and 1900" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "Supplement for Alabama" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "Alabama" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
^ "Number of Inhabitants: Alabama" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.