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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Mobile Bay Parents
Mobile, AL 36608, USA
Mobile 36608
United States
+12513041200
About Mobile
Mobile ( moh-BEEL, French: [mɔbil] (listen)) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 187,041 at the 2020 census, down from 195,111 at the 2010 census. It is the fourth-most-populous city in Alabama, after Huntsville, Birmingham, and Montgomery. Alabama's only saltwater port, Mobile is located on the Mobile River at the head of Mobile Bay on the north-central Gulf Coast. The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city, beginning with the settlement as an important trading center between the French colonists and Native Americans, down to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States.Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile metropolitan area. This region of 430,197 residents is composed Mobile and Washington counties; it is the third-largest metropolitan statistical area in the state. Mobile is the largest city in the Mobile–Daphne−Fairhope Combined Statistical Area, with a total population of 661,964, the second largest such area fully in the state.Mobile was founded in 1702 by the French as the first capital of Louisiana. During its first 100 years, Mobile was a colony of France, then Great Britain, and lastly Spain. Mobile became a part of the United States in 1813, with the annexation by President James Madison of West Florida from Spain.During the American Civil War, the city surrendered to Federal forces on April 12, 1865, after Union victories at two forts protecting the city. This, along with the news of Johnston's surrender negotiations with Sherman, led General Richard Taylor to seek a meeting with his Union counterpart, Maj.
Neighborhoods around Mobile
Malibar Heights, Bellewood, North Industrial Area, Hannon Park, Dauphin Acres, Leinkauf, Old Dauphin Way Historic District, Llanfair, Plateau, Berkleigh, Mobile Terrace, Terrace Hills, Greenmound, Neshota, Airmont, Jackson Heights, Toulminville, Riverfront Industrial Area, Di Grado, Magazine,Things To Do in Mobile
History Museum of Mobile
Mobile Museum of Art
Exploreum Science Center & Poarch Band of Creek Indians Digital Dome Theater
Mobile Carnival Museum
USS Alabama
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion
Richards-DAR House Museum
GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico
Oakleigh House Museum
Colonial Fort Condé
Condé-Charlotte Museum
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
Mardi Gras Park
Cooper Riverside Park
Bienville Square
Phoenix Fire Museum
Mobile Botanical Gardens
Alabama Contemporary Art Center
Medal of Honor Park
Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception