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Mobile County, Alabama

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149historic places
—earliest paper
1812formed
414,809pop. 2020
127cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 149 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Mobile, Citronelle, Dauphin Island.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Alabama is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Mobile titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

97 of 149 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

149 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Africatown Historic DistrictMobileDistrict2012
Aimwell Baptist ChurchMobileBuilding2008
Ashland Place Historic DistrictMobileDistrict1987
Askew, Wade, HouseMobileBuilding1991
Austin, Hiram B., HouseMon Louis IslandBuilding1988
Automobile Alley Historic DistrictMobileDistrict2016
Automobile Alley Historic District (Boundary Increase)MobileDistrict2023
Azalea Court ApartmentsMobileBuilding1988
Barr's Subdivision Historic DistrictCitronelleDistrict1990
Barton AcademyMobileBuilding1970
Battle House RoyaleMobileBuilding1975
Beal-Gaillard HouseMobileBuilding1984
Bellingrath Gardens and HomeTheodoreDistrict1982
Bishop Manor Estate (Additional Documentation)St. ElmoBuilding1985
Blue Bird Hardware and SeedMobileBuilding2018
Bragg-Mitchell HouseMobileBuilding1972
Brisk & Jacobson StoreMobileBuilding1973
Caldwell SchoolMobileBuilding2011
Campground, TheMobileDistrict2005
Carlen HouseMobileBuilding1981
Carolina HallMobileBuilding1973
Cavellero HouseMobileBuilding1982
Center-Gaillard HouseMobileBuilding1984
Central Core Historic DistrictCitronelleDistrict1990
Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic DistrictChickasawDistrict2004
Church Street East Historic DistrictMobileDistrict1971
Church Street East Historic District (Boundary Increase II)MobileDistrict2005
Church Street East Historic District (Boundary Increase)MobileDistrict1984
Citronelle Railroad Historic DistrictCitronelleDistrict1990
Clark, Willis G., HouseCitronelleBuilding1990
Cleveland, U. J., HouseMobileBuilding1993
Coley BuildingMobileBuilding1982
Collins-Marston HouseMobileBuilding1984
Collins-Robinson HouseMobileBuilding1984
Common Street DistrictMobileDistrict1982
Convent and Academy of the VisitationMobileDistrict1992
Convent of MercyMobileBuilding1992
D'Iberville ApartmentsMobileBuilding2004
Dahm HouseMobileBuilding1984
Dauphin Island SchoolDauphin IslandBuilding2018
Davis Avenue Branch, Mobile Public LibraryMobileBuilding1983
Davis Avenue Recreation CenterMobileBuilding2011
Davis-Oak Grove DistrictMauvilaDistrict1988
De Tonti Square Historic DistrictMobileDistrict1972
Denby HouseMobileBuilding1984
Ellicott StoneBucksObject1973
Emanuel AME ChurchMobileBuilding1987
Emanuel BuildingMobileBuilding1978
Fearn, George, HouseMobileBuilding1991
Fire Station No. 5MobileBuilding1983
First National BankMobileBuilding1978
Fort Conde-CharlotteMobileSite1969
Fort GainesMobileBuilding1976
Garrison, Charles Denby, Sr., HousePrichardBuilding2009
Gates-Daves HouseMobileBuilding1974
Georgia CottageMobileBuilding1972
Government Street Presbyterian Church NHLMobileBuilding1992
Grand Bay Historic DistrictGrand BayDistrict1990
Greene-Marston HouseMobileBuilding1983
Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Passenger TerminalMobileBuilding1975
Hawthorn HouseMobileBuilding1984
Horst, Martin, HouseMobileBuilding1971
Hunter HouseMobileBuilding1985
Indian Mound ParkDauphin IslandSite1973
International Longshoreman's Association HallMobileBuilding2011
Isle Dauphine ClubDauphin IslandBuilding2017
Jossen, Joseph, HouseMobileBuilding1992
Kirkbride HouseMobileBuilding1973
Knox, Ross, HouseMobileBuilding2008
Lafayette Heights Historic DistrictMobileDistrict2014
Leatherbury, George, HouseCodenBuilding1990
Leinkauf Historic DistrictMobileDistrict1987
Levy, George, HouseMobileBuilding1991
Lindsey, Martin, HouseMobileBuilding1991
Lower Dauphin Street Commercial DistrictMobileDistrict2019
Lower Dauphin Street Commercial District (Boundary Increase II)MobileDistrict1995
Lower Dauphin Street Commercial District (Boundary Increase III)MobileDistrict1998
Lower Dauphin Street Historic DistrictMobileDistrict1979
Lower Dauphin Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)MobileDistrict1982
Magee, Jacob, HouseKushlaBuilding1988
Magnolia Cemetery including Mobile National CemeteryMobileSite1986
Maysville Historic DistrictMobileDistrict2013
Meaher-Zoghby HouseMobileBuilding1984
Megginson, Ernest, HouseMobileBuilding1991
Metzger HouseMobileBuilding1984
Middle Bay LightMobile BayStructure1974
Midtown Historic DistrictMobileDistrict2001
Midtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)MobileDistrict2020
Miller-O'Donnell HouseMobileBuilding1982
Mobile City Hall NHLMobileBuilding1969
Mobile City HospitalMobileBuilding1970
Mobile Seamen's Club BuildingMobileBuilding
Monterey PlaceMobileBuilding1984
Morrison, James Arthur, HouseMobileBuilding1991
Mount Vernon Arsenal-Searcy Hospital ComplexMt. VernonDistrict1988
Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church No.1MobileBuilding2008
Murphy High SchoolMobileBuilding1982
Nanna Hubba BluffStocktonSite1974
Neville HouseMobileBuilding1984
Oakdale Historic DistrictMobileDistrict2014
OakleighMobileBuilding1971
Oakleigh Garden Historic DistrictMobileDistrict1972
Oakleigh Garden Historic District (Boundary Decrease & Additional Documentation)MobileDistrict2016
Oakleigh Garden Historic District (Boundary Increase)MobileDistrict1991
Old Dauphin Way Historic DistrictMobileDistrict1984
Old Dauphin Way Historic District (Boundary Increase)MobileDistrict2022
Old Mobile Site; Fort Louis De La LouisianeBay MinetteSite1976
Paterson HouseMobileBuilding1986
Paterson, J. E., HouseMobileBuilding1991
Patton, Dave, HouseMobileBuilding1987
Pfau-Creighton CottageMobileBuilding1984
Phillipi HouseMobileBuilding1984
Pincus BuildingMobileBuilding1976
Portier, Bishop, HouseMobileBuilding1970
Protestant Children's HomeMobileBuilding1973
Roberts HouseMobileBuilding1994
Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic ChurchMobileBuilding1991
Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchMobileBuilding1991
Saint Matthew's Catholic ChurchMobileBuilding1991
Saint Paul's Episcopal ChapelMobileBuilding1984
Saint Vincent de PaulMobileBuilding1992
Scottish Rites TempleMobileBuilding1984
Semmes, Raphael, HouseMobileBuilding1970
Sodality ChapelMobileBuilding1984
South Lafayette Street Creole CottagesMobileBuilding1976
Spotswood, Robert L., HouseMobileBuilding1991
Spring Hill College QuadrangleMobileBuilding1973
St. Francis Street Methodist ChurchMobileBuilding1984
St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist ChurchMobileBuilding1976
State Street A.M.E. Zion ChurchMobileBuilding1978
Stewart, Amelia, HouseMobileBuilding1992
StewartfieldMobileBuilding1984
Stone Street Baptist ChurchMobileBuilding1985
Stone Street CemeteryMobileSite1991
Tanner FarmhouseWilmerBuilding2008
Thompson, N. Q. and Virginia M., HouseCitronelleBuilding1990
Trinity Episcopal ChurchMobileBuilding1990
Tschiener HouseMobileBuilding1982
Turner-Todd Motor CompanyMobileBuilding2008
U.S. Marine HospitalMobileBuilding1974
USS ALABAMA (battleship) NHLMobileStructure1986
USS DRUM (submarine) NHLMobileStructure1986
United States Court House and Custom HouseMobileBuilding2008
VanderSys, Arthur, HouseMobileBuilding1991
VanderSys, Jacob, HouseMobileBuilding1991
Vickers and Schumacher BuildingsMobileBuilding1983
Walker, Joseph M., HouseMobileBuilding1991
Weems HouseMobileBuilding1982
Wilmer HallMobileDistrict2025

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mobile was formed in 1812 (1812-08-01) from Mississippi that was claimed, but not fully controlled, by the United States.

MOBILE created by Mississippi Territory from non-county area in present Alabama and Mississippi that was claimed, but not fully controlled, by the United States.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Mobile County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

415k209k2,6721820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,67218,74141,13148,65362,740100,117141,974231,105314,301364,980399,843414,809

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

127 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 127 listed
NameLatLon
Ahavas Chesed Cemetery30.67085-88.06243
Alabama Port Cemetery30.36209-88.1155
Allentown Cemetery30.76102-88.30222
Baileys Cemetery30.82087-88.09192
Baker Cemetery30.69435-88.22194
Baldwin Cemetery30.8793-88.05278
Baxter Will Cemetery31.09271-88.32858
Bear Fork Road Cemetery30.74902-88.1844
Boudans Cemetery30.49989-88.10748
Brannan Cemetery31.0437-88.31217
Byrd Cemetery31.12514-88.10272
Byrd Memorial Cemetery30.94271-88.28233
Carlow Cemetery31.12689-88.15015
Carmelite Monastery Cemetery30.6661-88.08806
Casher Cemetery30.60174-88.09079
Catholic Cemetery30.70942-88.0741
Chapel of Praise Cemetery30.80328-88.25029
Church Street Cemetery30.68578-88.05076
Citronelle United Methodist Church Cemetery31.096-88.23169
Cold Springs Cemetery30.45214-88.13583
Crawford Methodist Cemetery30.75603-88.21622
Creola Cemetery30.89573-88.0411
Dauphin Island Cemetery30.25657-88.10957
Dawes Cemetery30.61112-88.26111
Dees Cemetery30.73138-88.35972
Dorlon Cemetery30.36194-88.14336
Ebenezer Cemetery30.64359-88.15752
Elam Cemetery30.75755-88.12476
Eli Moffet Cemetery30.85046-88.4164
English Cemetery30.41123-88.14315
Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery30.98969-88.31772
Ford Cemetery30.86484-88.3404
Forest Lawn Cemetery30.89715-88.12289
Frazier Cemetery31.11911-88.15241
Gethsemane Cemetery30.7156-88.10224
Gethsemane North Cemetery30.75365-88.14707
Grand Bay Cemetery30.46258-88.34789
Green Mount Cemetery30.71213-88.10333
Gulfcrest Cemetery30.9967-88.23968
Hamilton Cemetery30.51102-88.37806
Indian Springs Cemetery30.77852-88.18889
Jewish Cemetery30.67075-88.0625
Joyner Cemetery30.71991-88.39278
Lambert Cemetery31.03356-88.19248
Lartigue Cemetery30.6206-88.07076
Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens30.54396-88.25227
Little Magnolia Cemetery30.67204-88.06436
Little Saint Louis Cemetery30.92048-88.00089
Lott Cemetery30.91972-88.29035
Lott Cemetery30.99745-88.29892
Lundy Cemetery30.49074-88.17718
Magnolia Cemetery30.67543-88.06465
Magnolia Springs Cemetery30.5571-88.18425
Mathis Cemetery30.4994-88.1075
Mauvilla Cemetery30.84101-88.19139
Mauvilla Cemetery30.85214-88.16701
Meinhardt Cemetery31.12009-88.17486
Miller Cemetery30.80357-88.2504
Miller Cemetery30.68898-88.16635
Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery30.59196-88.18322
Mobile National Cemetery30.67482-88.06164
Moffetville Cemetery30.84674-88.39445
Morning Star Cemetery31.09491-87.99418
Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery30.61886-88.13214
Morris Cemetery30.85574-88.34371
Mount Nebo Cemetery31.08308-88.21995
Mount Vernon Community Cemetery31.08538-88.0108
Mount Zion Cemetery30.64017-88.25902
Myers Cemetery30.78297-88.10084
New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery30.69233-88.19021
New Hope Cemetery31.09273-88.32854
Newell Cemetery30.73753-88.12693
Noel Cemetery30.63995-88.18793
Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery30.71394-88.07423
Odd Fellows Cemetery30.43066-88.24783
Old Lewis Cemetery30.72402-88.1619
Old Providence Cemetery30.99096-88.25979
Pierce Cemetery30.70926-88.2588
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery31.06451-88.23029
Pine Crest Cemetery30.63416-88.08617

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Spanish Fort3,05427.1 kmAL005
Fort Blakely3,80428.4 kmAL006

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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