City Profile: Mobile

[Southron]

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City Profile: Mobile, Alabama

Facts & Figures

Nicknames:

• Azalea City

• Port City

• Cotton City

• Mother of Mystics
  

  City Seal:

  

  City Website:

  Mobile, Alabama

  Political Status:

  Vital Statistics:

  • Founded: 1702

  • Total Area: 159.4 sq. mi.

  • Land Area: 117.9 sq. mi.

  • Water Area: 41.5 sq. mi.

  • Elevation: 10 ft.

  • Time Zone: Central
    • 50.40% White

    • 46.29% Black/African-American

    • 1.52% Asian

    • 1.42% Hispanic/Latino

    • 0.24% Native American

    • 0.03% Pacific Islander

    • 1.00% Two or more races

    • 0.53% Other

      Housing:

      Military Installations:U.S. Coast Guard Sector Mobile

      U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center

      Downtown Mobile Alliance

      Main Street Mobile

      Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau

      Mobile Chamber of Commerce

      Mobile Public Library

      • Havana, Cuba

      • Veracruz, Mexico

      • Malaga, Spain

      • Pau, France

      • Ichihara, Japan

        Gulf Shores

        Orange Beach

        Dauphin Island

        History

        Sources:

        Transportation

        Public Transit:
        The Wave Transit System
        Mobile Regional Airport
        Brookley Field (Mobile Downtown Airport)
        Port of Mobile
        Middle Bay Port
        • I-10

        • I-65

        • I-165

          Buses:

          Taxis:

          Sources:

          Media

          Newspapers and Magazines:
          Mobile Press-Register
          Lagniappe
          Mobile Bay Monthly

        Television Stations:
        WKRG - News 5
        WPMI - NBC 15
        FOX 10
        WEAR - ABC 3
        FM Radio Stations:
        AM Radio Stations:
        Sources:

        Colleges & UniversitiesSpring Hill College

        University of Mobile

        University of South Alabama

        Bishop State Community College

        Sports & Recreation

        GMAC Bowl
        Senior Bowl
        Mobile Bay Bears
        LPGA Tournament of Champions
        Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail - Magnolia Grove
        Bike Trails
        Carnival Cruises

        Mardis GrasMobile Mardis Gras

        City Mardis Gras Page

        Mobile Carnival Museum

        Arts & Entertainment

        Theaters:
        Saenger Theatre
        Performing Arts:
        Mobile Ballet
        Alabama Contemporary Dance
        Mobile Opera
        Mobile Symphony
        Mobile Pops
        Joe Jefferson Players
        Mobile Theatre Guild
        Playhouse in the Park
        Chickasaw Civic Theatre
        Theatre 98 (Fairhope)
        Museums:
        Museum of Mobile
        Mobile Carnival Museum
        Oakleigh House
        Richards DAR House Museum
        Phoenix Fire Museum
        Art/Galleries:
        Mobile Museum of Art
        Mobile Arts Council
        Centre for the Living Arts
        Space 301
        Port City Craftsmen
        Historic Sites:
        Fort Conde
        Battle of Mobile Bay Civil War Trail
        Fort Gaines
        Fort Morgan
        Fort Blakeley
        Bragg-Mitchell Mansion
        Other Attractions:
        Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center
        Battleship USS Alabama
        Bellingrath Gardens
        Dauphin Island Sea Lab Estuarium/Public Aquarium
        5 Rivers Delta Center
        Mobile Botanical Gardens
        Parks:
        Events & Festivals:
        BayFest
        Mobile Jazz Festival
        Mobile International Festival
        America's Junior Miss
        Sources:

        Lodging

        Hotels & Motels:
        Hotel Guide
        Battle House Hotel
        Riverview Plaza Hotel
        Admiral Semmes Hotel
        Malaga Inn
        Grand Hotel (Point Clear)
        Bed & Breakfasts:
        Berney/Fly Bed & Breakfast
        My Victorian Bed & Breakfast
        Away at the Bay (Fairhope)

        Trivia

Edited November 26, 2007 by Southron