Eight Mile Alabama

Prichard is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

Prichard borders the northside of Mobile, as well as the Mobile suburbs of Chickasaw, Alabama, Saraland, Alabama, and the unincorporated sections of Eight Mile, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 28,633. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. Prichard is an impoverished city which has been in a state of decline since the mid-60s, it has been riddled with financial problems, Alabama's highest continuous per capita crime rate, and a population which has been fleeing for the last 40 years.

History

Prichard began as a settlement in the 1830's bordering the Telegraph Road (known now as U. In or near Eight Mile, Alabama. S Highway 43) It remained largely unsettled until the Clotilde landed in Mobile Bay prior to the Civil War. Africatown evolved into a greater part of the Plateau/Magazine area which developed along Telegraph Road, and eventually, Plateau and Magazine had their territory split between Mobile and Prichard.

After 1900, Prichard began a slow and steady development. In 1925, Prichard was incorporated as a city During World War II Prichard became a company town as many Mobile shipbuilding companies built homes for their workers in Prichard. During the 1950's and 60's, Prichard annexed historic Whistler as well as parts of Eight Mile, Alabama and Kushla.