Spanish Fort, Alabama Spanish Fort, Alabama Spanish Fort is a town/city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, positioned on the easterly shore of Mobile Bay.
The 2010 census lists the populace of the town/city as 6,798. It is a suburb of Mobile and is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley micropolitan area.
Spanish Fort is positioned at 30 40'7.403" North, 87 55'19.844" West (30.668723, -87.922179), above the east shore of the Blakeley River where it enters Mobile Bay.
Routes 90 and 98 (Battleship Parkway) lead west athwart the Mobile River and its distributaries 9 miles (14 km) to Mobile.
Interstate 10 passes just to the south of Spanish Fort, with access from exits 35 and 38, and leads west athwart Mobile Bay to Mobile as well.
Enumeration Bureau, Spanish Fort has a total region of 33.4 square miles (86.5 km2), of which 28.7 square miles (74.3 km2) is territory and 4.7 square miles (12.2 km2), or 14.08%, is water. Since incorporating on July 19, 1993, Spanish Fort has seen momentous growth.
Spanish Fort Town Center, anchored by Bass Pro Shops, J.
The town/city of Spanish Fort is rich in history dating as far back as 1712 with the beginning of Mobile by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville of France.
Spanish Fort was originally the site of a trading post established by French-occupied Mobile.
During the Revolutionary War after the Spanish took Mobile and encircling areas in the Battle of Fort Charlotte, a presidio or military fort was assembled on the site of the old trading post.
This "Spanish Fort" was the site of a counterattack by British forces dispatched from Pensacola in 1781.
Following the War of 1812, Spanish Fort, as it was now generally referred to, was officially property of the United States.
During the American Civil War, Spanish Fort was heavily fortified as an easterly defense to the town/city of Mobile.
Fort Huger, Fort (Battery) Tracey, Fort (Battery) Mc - Dermott, Fort Alexis, Red Fort, and Old Spanish Fort were all part of the Mobile defenses in what is now Spanish Fort.
After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Mobile nevertheless remained in Confederate hands.
Spanish Fort was the site of the Battle of Spanish Fort in the Mobile Campaign of the war.
Its fall allowed Union forces to concentrate on Fort Blakeley to the north, and hence destroy the last organized resistance east of the Mississippi River.
The falls of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley permitted Union troops to later enter Mobile unopposed after the conclusion of the Civil War.
Spanish Fort is a part of the Baldwin County Public Schools system.
Two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school serve Spanish Fort.
Spanish Fort High School Spanish Fort High School (9-12) Spanish Fort Middle School (6-8) Spanish Fort Elementary Schoo"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Spanish Fort city, Alabama".
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