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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Baldwin 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 140,415 . The estimated 2005 population from the U.S. Census Bureau is 162,586.Its county seat is Bay Minette.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
- Baldwin County was established on December 21, 1809.
- 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. 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. A New Deal mural hanging in the Bay Minette post office depicts the removal of the county seat.[1]
- The county was declared a disaster area in September 1979 due to damage from Hurricane Frederic.
- The county was declared a disaster area in September 2004 due to damage from Hurricane Ivan.
- The county was declared a disaster area in August 2005 due to damage from Hurricane Katrina.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1809 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1810 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1870 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1886 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1810 | 1,427
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| 1820 | 1,713
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| 1830 | 2,324
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| 1840 | 2,951
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| 1850 | 4,414
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| 1860 | 7,530
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| 1870 | 6,004
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| 1880 | 8,603
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| 1890 | 8,941
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| 1900 | 13,194
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| 1910 | 18,178
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| 1920 | 20,730
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| 1930 | 28,289
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| 1940 | 32,324
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| 1950 | 40,997
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| 1960 | 49,088
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| 1970 | 59,382
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| 1980 | 78,556
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| 1990 | 98,280
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