{"id":342,"date":"2022-09-21T22:31:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T22:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=342"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:30:17","slug":"mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile County, Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile County is a county in Alabama, United States, on the Gulf Coast about 60 miles west of
\nPensacola, Florida. It had a population of 414,809 at the 2020 census, an estimated 412,590 by
\n2024, and covers 1,229 square miles (3,183 km2) of land centred near 30\u00b047\u2032N 88\u00b013\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Mobile is the county seat and the county’s largest city; its postal code is 36602. The county
\nholds 9 cities, 2 incorporated towns and 10 census-designated places across its unincorporated
\nland, plus more than a dozen smaller unincorporated communities, and it runs on Central Time.
\nIts FIPS code is 01097.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Mobile County<\/h2>\n

Mobile County has 21 named places with an official Census designation — 11 incorporated
\ncities and towns, plus 10 census-designated places (CDPs) that are populated but have no
\nseparate city government. Type key: City · seat<\/strong> is the county seat,
\nCity<\/strong> and Town<\/strong> are incorporated municipalities, CDP<\/strong>
\nis an unincorporated Census-recognized community.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mobile<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n187,041<\/td>\n36602<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prichard<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n19,322<\/td>\n36610<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tillmans Corner<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n17,731<\/td>\n36619<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saraland<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n16,171<\/td>\n36571<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Satsuma<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n6,749<\/td>\n36572<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theodore<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n6,270<\/td>\n36582<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chickasaw<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n6,457<\/td>\n36611<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semmes<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n4,941<\/td>\n36575<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citronelle<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n3,946<\/td>\n36522<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grand Bay<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n3,460<\/td>\n36541<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bayou La Batre<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n2,204<\/td>\n36509<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creola<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n1,936<\/td>\n36525<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dauphin Island<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,778<\/td>\n36528<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Vernon<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,354<\/td>\n36560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Axis<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n561<\/td>\n36505<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calvert<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n36513<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Movico<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n291<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chunchula<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n36521<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gulfcrest<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n142<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belle Fontaine<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bucks<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n36512<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two pairs are easy to mix up. Movico and Mauvilla sound alike and sit a few miles apart near
\nPrichard; Movico is the CDP in the table above, Mauvilla is a separate unincorporated community
\nwith no Census population count. Belle Fontaine also has a same-named community in neighboring
\nBaldwin County across Mobile Bay — the Belle Fontaine listed here is the Mobile County CDP
\nnear Theodore, not the Baldwin County one.<\/p>\n

Beyond the 21 places above, the county has more than a dozen smaller unincorporated
\ncommunities without their own Census population figures, including Alabama Port, Coden,
\nCrawford, Eight Mile (ZIP 36613), Fernland, Irvington, Kushla, Le Moyne, Mauvilla, Mon Louis,
\nSt. Elmo, Tanner Williams and Wilmer. Most use a neighboring town’s ZIP code.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n