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Grand Bay - Alabama
Mobile County. Photo © Mark Visser
Area Information
Grand Bay is located in Mobile County, Alabama and on
along U.S. Route 90 midway between the Alabama/Mississippi state line and the town of St. Elmo, a few miles inland from the Mississippi Sound.
While Grand Bay is unincorporated, the area is served by the Grand Bay Water Works Board for water service and an active volunteer fire department for fire protection. The Mobile County Sheriff's Department maintains a satellite office in Grand Bay as well. Grand Bay Water Works also provides limited sewer service for Breitling Elementary School and the business district around the Interstate 10 exchange. The Mobile County Commission, a three-member elected panel, provides all other services including road and street repair.

According to local accounts, George Cassibry was the first white person to settle in Grand Bay. He came to Grand Bay in 1853, establishing a homesite near the headwaters of Franklin Creek located today near the intersection of Highway 90 and Ramsey Road.Exploration and settlement of the area was well underway by the mid-nineteenth century.
During the Civil War, the town saw brief military action as a column of troops under U.S. General Gordon Granger reached the town as a preliminary move in the siege of Mobile.
In 1870 the United States Postal Service established a Post Office at a location near the center of the current community.
In 1993, the old Grand Bay State Bank building became the temporary site of the El Cazador Museum, and held treasure from the El Cazador.
The area in and around the old bank building now forms the Grand Bay Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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