Mobile City Limits 1711 -- Mobile AL
N 30° 41.373 W 088° 02.634
16R E 400018 N 3395661
Historic marker in downtown Mobile marks the southwestern city limit of this big city in 1711
Waymark Code: WMNE43
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2015
Views: 12
This marker is located in the 200 block of Goverbment Street, in a small landscaped area next to a parking lot.
The marker reads as follows:
"MOBILE CITY LIMITS 1711
This site marks the southwestern limit of the city of Mobile in 1711. Known then as Port Louis de la Mobile, it had been founded by the French at 27-Mile Bluff in 1702 and moved to its present site in 1711.
Mobile has been a city under Six Flags. The French flag was followed by the English, Spanish, American, Republic of Alabama, Confederate, and again American. This is an unusual record.
Christopher branch chapter, Colonial Dames XVII century"
Marker Name: Mobile city limits 1711
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
This is one of three markers that marked the various city limit lines of Mobile in 1711
Date Dedicated / Placed: Not listed
Marker Number: 29
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