Mobile County, Alabama
| Mobile County, Alabama | ||
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Mobile Government Plaza in Mobile
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 Location in the U.S. state of Alabama |
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 Alabama's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | December 18, 1812 | |
| Seat | Mobile | |
| Largest city | Mobile | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,644 sq mi (4,258 km2) | |
| • Land | 1,229 sq mi (3,183 km2) | |
| • Water | 415 sq mi (1,075 km2), 25.2% | |
| Population (est.) | ||
| • (2015) | 415,395 | |
| • Density | 338/sq mi (131/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 1st | |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 | |
| Website | mobilecountyal |
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Coordinates: 30°47′11″N 88°12′50″W / 30.78639°N 88.21389°W
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Mobile County is the second most-populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 412,992. Its county seat is Mobile. The county is named in honor of the indigenous Maubila tribe.
Mobile County comprises the Mobile, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.
This area was occupied for thousands of years by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. The historic Choctaw had occupied this area along what became called the Mobile River when encountered by early French traders and colonists, who founded Mobile in the early eighteenth century. The British took over the territory in 1763 (along with other French territories east of the Mississippi River) after defeating the French in the Seven Years' War. During the American Revolutionary War, it came under Spanish rule as part of Spanish Florida. Spain ceded the territory to the United States after the War of 1812.
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