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Mobile County history

Coverage of Mobile County history from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.

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Mobile County Government Plaza in downtown Mobile

Government

Oliveth McConnell Archer, First Woman Elected to an Alabama County Commission, Dies

Former Mobile County Commissioner Oliveth McConnell Archer, who in 1985 became the first woman elected to a county commission in Alabama, has died. The…

Oct 16, 2026 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Mobile Held Community Briefing on Africatown Welcome Center Progress at Robert Hope Center

Africatown

Mobile Held Community Briefing on Africatown Welcome Center Progress at Robert Hope Center

Sep 2, 2026

Illustration for the news story: City of Mobile Asks Residents to Share Africatown Stories as Welcome Center Nears Completion

History

City of Mobile Asks Residents to Share Africatown Stories as Welcome Center Nears Completion

Jul 20, 2026 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: The Pink Motel That Guided Shrimpers Home: Remembering Dauphin Island’s Moulin Rouge

Dauphin Island

The Pink Motel That Guided Shrimpers Home: Remembering Dauphin Island’s Moulin Rouge

Jul 8, 2026

Illustration for the news story: Mobile’s Ann Bedsole, ASMS Founder, Celebrates 90th Birthday With School She Built

Politics

Mobile’s Ann Bedsole, ASMS Founder, Celebrates 90th Birthday With School She Built

Jan 22, 2020 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Alabama’s Bicentennial: How Mobile Shaped the Road to 1819 Statehood

History

Alabama’s Bicentennial: How Mobile Shaped the Road to 1819 Statehood

Dec 11, 2019 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Alabama Historical Commission Seeks Federal Court Protection for Clotilda Shipwreck

History

Alabama Historical Commission Seeks Federal Court Protection for Clotilda Shipwreck

Jul 31, 2019 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Africatown Descendants Celebrate Confirmation That the Clotilda Has Been Found

History

Africatown Descendants Celebrate Confirmation That the Clotilda Has Been Found

May 29, 2019 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Underwater Survey of Mobile River Wraps Up, Search for Clotilda Continues

History

Underwater Survey of Mobile River Wraps Up, Search for Clotilda Continues

Jul 16, 2018 Mobile County

Illustration for the news story: Alabama Historical Commission Launches Survey to Map Mobile River Shipwrecks

History

Alabama Historical Commission Launches Survey to Map Mobile River Shipwrecks

May 31, 2018 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Historical Commission Rules Out Mobile-Tensaw Delta Wreck as the Clotilda

History

Historical Commission Rules Out Mobile-Tensaw Delta Wreck as the Clotilda

Mar 5, 2018 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Africatown Community Leaders Announce Investigation Into Possible Clotilda Wreckage

History

Africatown Community Leaders Announce Investigation Into Possible Clotilda Wreckage

Mar 2, 2018 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Archaeologists Keep Digging Into Alabama’s Oldest French Colonial Settlement

University of South Alabama

Archaeologists Keep Digging Into Alabama’s Oldest French Colonial Settlement

May 10, 2017 Axis