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Mobile County, Alabama
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<p> <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mobile_County,_Alabama¶ms=30_47_11_N_88_12_50_W_region:US-AL_type:adm2nd_source:dewiki">30°47′11″N 88°12′50″W / 30.78639°N 88.21389°W / 30.78639; -88.21389</a> </p> <p>Mobile County is a <a href="/facts/County_(United_States)/DAjCz23J">county</a> located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of <a href="/facts/Alabama/1Xk8EveN">Alabama</a>. It is the third-most populous county in the state after <a href="/facts/Jefferson_County%2c_Alabama/Kg7ISesT">Jefferson</a> and <a href="/facts/Madison_County%2c_Alabama/jkD988N9">Madison</a> counties. As of the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020 census</a>, its population was 414,809. Its <a href="/facts/County_seat/ItAWPoWw">county seat</a> is <a href="/facts/Mobile%2c_Alabama/r3yXLrtQ">Mobile</a>, which was founded as a deepwater port on the Mobile River. The only such port in Alabama, it has long been integral to the economy for providing access to inland waterways as well as the <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Mexico/bGE5s57G">Gulf of Mexico</a>. </p><p>The city, river, and county were named in honor of <i><a href="/facts/Mabila/fWp5jFj1">Maubila</a></i>, a village of the <a href="/facts/Paramount_chief/KSuNr6U6">paramount chief</a> <a href="/facts/Tuskaloosa/zcqMKUFD">Tuskaloosa</a> of the regional <a href="/facts/Mississippian_culture/p7KW2KKG">Mississippian culture</a>. In 1540 he arranged an ambush of soldiers of <a href="/facts/Hernando_de_Soto/hrnElJWW">Hernando de Soto</a>'s expedition in an effort to expel them from the territory. The Spaniards were armed with guns and killed many of the <a href="/facts/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States/lr8Qmd6N">tribe</a>. Mobile County and Washington County, Alabama make up the Mobile Metropolitan Statistical Area with a 2020 population of 430,197. The Mobile, AL MSA and Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL MSA make up the much larger Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope CSA with a 2020 population of 661,964. </p><p>The northern border of Mobile County and southern area of neighboring Washington County constitute the homeland of the state-recognized tribe of <a href="/facts/MOWA_Band_of_Choctaw_Indians/VmqvmYVy">MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians</a>, descendants of Choctaw and Creek who stayed in this area during the period of <a href="/facts/Indian_Removal/jV49qdPj">Indian Removal</a>. They have organized to preserve their culture and language. They were the first of nine tribes to be recognized by the state. </p>