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Baldwin County
The largest county in Alabama, it includes part of Mobile Bay and covers 2, 2027 square miles. This county is larger than the states of Delaware or Rhode Island.
2008 Census reports 174,439 people living in Baldwin County. This represents a growth rate of 17% since 2000.
History Buffs: Will enjoy the story of how the county seat was moved to Bay Minette from Daphne in 1900. History reports that the State Legislature had ruled the county seat be moved to Bay Minette. Many of the locals disagreed with the ruling and refused to obey. Some of the men of Bay Minette joined in a plot to convince the Sheriff and deputies that a murder had been committed. They had the Sheriff and his deputies out chasing a ficticious murderer late into the night. As planned, they broke into the Courthouse late that night in Daphne and stole the county records.. They took the records to Bay Minette where they remain until this day.... There is a plaque which hangs in the lobby of the Bay Minette Courthouse commemorating the event. It is titled "The New Deal"......