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Satsuma is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 6,749,[1] up from 6,168 at the 2010 census. Known prior to 1915 as "Fig Tree Island", the city was named after the satsuma orange, which was successfully cultivated and grown in Alabama starting in 1878, a gift from Emperor Meiji of Japan. Satsuma is a part of the Mobile metropolitan area.
History
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The area was inhabited for thousands of years by differing cultures of indigenous peoples.
- 1878 – Farmers introduced Mandarin Satsuma oranges to Alabama from Japan for cultivation.
- 1900 – Satsuma area known as Fig Tree Island
- 1910 – Pace Orange Orchard had about of pecans and satsuma trees on the area.
- 1915 – Town named "Satsuma"
- 1918 – Norman E. McConaghy hired as manager of the Satsuma Orange & Pecan Groves Company
- 1922 – Packing house built; still stands above Mac's Landing
- 1912-1924 – Satsuma trees damaged by cold weather and citrus canker
- 1959 – Plans for a town charter submitted to the County of Mobile and the State of Alabama were approved. April 6, 1959, was the first municipal election.
- 2011 – Satsuma beaks away from the Mobile County school system and starts working on its own curriculum.
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