Alabama Gulf Coast · AL
Mobile
Home of America's oldest Mardi Gras, on Mobile Bay.
- Population
- 187,041 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1702
- First Carnival
- 1703
Then
- 1702
The Le Moyne brothers, Iberville and Bienville, found Mobile as the capital of French Louisiana.
- 1703
Carnival is celebrated for the first time, the oldest organized Mardi Gras in the country.
- 1711
Bienville moves the town downriver to its present site.
- 1860
The Clotilda lands the last Africans brought to the United States by the slave trade.
- 1864
The Union wins the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5.
Now
Mobile is Alabama's only deep-water port and among the busiest in the country. The battleship USS Alabama is moored at Battleship Memorial Park on the bay.
11 tide stations around Mobile
- MOBILE, Mobile River (State Dock)0.6 mi
- Coast Guard Sector Mobile3.4 mi
- William Brooks Park, Chichasaw Creek6.3 mi
- Meaher State Park, Mobile Bay6.4 mi
- Dog River Bridge9.4 mi
- Fly Creek, Mobile Bay13.4 mi
- Point Clear, Mobile Bay15.7 mi
- East Fowl River, Hwy 193 Bridge17.9 mi
- Weeks Bay23.1 mi
- West Fowl River, Hwy 188 bridge23.1 mi
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- Bayou LaBatre Bridge23.5 mi