Baldwin Alabama
Baldwin AlabamaBaldwin County is a county of the U. S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Abraham Baldwin, a member of the United States Senate from Georgia. As of 2000 the population is 165,100. Its county seat is Bay Minette. Baldwin County Alabama Our county seat is located in Bay Minette, Alabama. HistoryBaldwin County was established on December 21, 1809. The county was declared a disaster area in September 1979 due to damage from Hurricane Frederic. In the first days of Baldwin County, the Town of McIntosh Bluff (now in Mobile County, Alabama, West of Baldwin County) on the Tombigbee River was the County Seat. After being transferred to the Town of Blakeley in 1810, the County Seat was later moved to the City of Daphne in 1868. In 1900, by an Act of the Legislature of Alabama, the County Seat was authorized for relocation to the City of Bay Minette, however, the City of Daphne resisted relocation. In order to relocate the County Seat to the City of Bay Minette, the men of Bay Minette devised a scheme. Baldwin County, Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. To lure the Sheriff and his Deputy out of the City of Daphne, the men prefabricated a murder. While the law was chasing down the fictitious killer during the late hours, the group of Bay Minette men stealthily traveled the seventeen miles to the City of Daphne, retrieved the Baldwin County Courthouse records, and delivered them to the City of Bay Minette - where Baldwin County's County Seat remains to this day. [1]GeographyAccording to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,250 km˛ (2,027 mi˛). Home Winfield Alabama als Point Clear Alabama ALMoving Companies Guin Alabama Home Movers ALSelf Storage ALMoving Companies Elberta Alabama ALMoving Companies Robertsdale Alabama ALMoving Companies Hackleburg Alabama Bay Minette Alabama Brilliant Alabama ALMoving Companies Bear Creek Alabama Bon Secour Alabama ALSelf Storage Bear Creek Alabama Daphne Alabama Orange Beach Alabama ALInterstate Moving Companies ALMoving Companies Bay Minette Alabama Hackleburg Alabama ALMoving Companies Perdido Alabama ALMoving Companies Point Clear Alabama Home Movers ALLocal Movers ALMoving Companies Montrose Alabama ALMoving Companies Winfield Alabama AL Interstate Moving Services ALMoving Companies Orange Beach Alabama ALMoving Companies Bon Secour Alabama Fairhope Alabama ALMoving Companies Brilliant Alabama Guin Alabama ALMoving Companies Fairhope Alabama Hamilton Alabama Montrose Alabama Elberta Alabama |
