Alabama man rides out Hurricane Isaias in sailboat
The United Cajun Navy posted that Charles Mansfield stayed aboard his sailboat near Dauphin Island, Alabama, as Isaias made its way through the Gulf Coast.
Oct 11, 2026Open source
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Dauphin Island, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Mobile. Associated ZIP codes: 36528.
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Money coming for Dauphin Island West End Renourishment and Resilience
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WALA) - Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced on Thursday that the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) approved more t...
Jun 14, 2026Open source
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Gulf Coast Amtrak train heading to New Orleans hits woman on tracks near Mobile, officials say
An Amtrak train traveling on the Mardi Gras Service route from Mobile to New Orleans hit and killed a woman on the tracks in Irvington, Alabama.
May 20, 2026Open source
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Dauphin Island is in Mobile County, Alabama.
Region: South Alabama
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36528
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Dauphin Island, at the mouth of Mobile Bay, was first named for what the French found there. In 1699 the explorers Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and his younger brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville called it Île du Massacre, Massacre Island, after discovering about 60 human skeletons in mounds. Native Americans had long used the island; a large shell mound built from discarded shellfish and fish remains dates from about 1100 to 1550 CE. In the early 1700s the island served as a transfer point for the young French colony as its seat moved from Fort Maurepas to Mobile, and in 1704 the ship Pelican landed 23 young women, the "Pelican Girls," here on their way to the colony. Around 1711, though sources differ on the year, the French renamed it Île Dauphine in honor of Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy; the final "e" was later dropped.
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In 1821 the United States began building Fort Gaines on the island's eastern point, named for General Edmund P. Gaines, and it was still unfinished when the Civil War began. On August 5, 1864, Admiral David Farragut's Union fleet steamed past Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan in the Battle of Mobile Bay, and Colonel Charles D. Anderson surrendered Fort Gaines on August 8, 1864. The fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976. A bridge to the mainland, completed by 1955, opened the island to tourism. Hurricane Frederic destroyed the bridge in 1979 and devastated much of the island; the bridge reopened in 1982, and the Town of Dauphin Island was incorporated in 1988. Sources Encyclopedia of Alabama: Dauphin Island Wikipedia: Battle of Mobile Bay Wikipedia: Fort Gaines (Alabama) (citing the National Park Service)
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30.2520570, -88.1096440
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8:19 PM America/Chicago
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Mobile County
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