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Coordinates: 30°21′45″N 88°6′52″W / 30.36250°N 88.11444°W / 30.36250; -88.11444
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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.<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-09.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The name of the precinct was changed in 1890<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v1-07.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> to Cedar Point, then Heron Bayou and Dauphin Island in 1900,<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33405927v1ch05.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> simply Heron Bayou for 1910-20<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41033935v1-8ch1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> and "Herron Bay" for 1930–50.<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/10612963v3p1ch02.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> It was consolidated under the Bayou La Batre census division in 1960.<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721510v1p2ch2.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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.<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-09.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The name of the precinct was changed in 1890<ref>{{Cite web |title=Table III: Population of Civil Divisions Less Their Counties in the Aggregate, at the Censuses of 1880 and 1870 |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-09.pdf |website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |format=PDF}}</ref> to Cedar Point, then Heron Bayou and Dauphin Island in 1900,<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33405927v1ch05.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> simply Heron Bayou for 1910-20<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41033935v1-8ch1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> and "Herron Bay" for 1930–50.<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/10612963v3p1ch02.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> It was consolidated under the Bayou La Batre census division in 1960.<ref>http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721510v1p2ch2.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Alabama Port, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Map of Alabama Port on lower west side of Mobile Bay, 1861
Map of Alabama Port on lower west side of Mobile Bay, 1861
Alabama Port is located in Alabama
Alabama Port
Alabama Port
Location within the state of Alabama
Alabama Port is located in the United States
Alabama Port
Alabama Port
Alabama Port (the United States)
Coordinates: 30°21′45″N 88°6′52″W / 30.36250°N 88.11444°W / 30.36250; -88.11444
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMobile
Elevation
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
CensusPop.Note%±
1880417—
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[4] to Cedar Point, then Heron Bayou and Dauphin Island in 1900,[5] simply Heron Bayou for 1910-20[6] and "Herron Bay" for 1930–50.[7] It was consolidated under the Bayou La Batre census division in 1960.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alabama Port, Alabama
  2. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-09.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Table III: Population of Civil Divisions Less Their Counties in the Aggregate, at the Censuses of 1880 and 1870" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  5. ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33405927v1ch05.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41033935v1-8ch1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/10612963v3p1ch02.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721510v1p2ch2.pdf [bare URL PDF]


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