Fort Morgan, also known as Fort Bowyer, is an
unincorporated community in
Baldwin County,
Alabama, United States. It is west of
Gulf Shores on
Mobile Point Mobile Point is the apex of a long, low, narrow, sandy peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico on the south and Bon Secour Bay and Navy Cove
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated ...
. Mobile Point extends from Gulf Shores to the west, towards historic
Fort Morgan at the tip of the peninsula.
History
The population in 1880 was 38.
A post office operated under the name Fort Morgan from 1892 to 1924.
Some Fort Morgan residents have sought to incorporate their community, and have pursued litigation against
Gulf Shores. In 2016, a bill to incorporate Fort Morgan was not considered by the Alabama legislature. The Fort Morgan Civic Association has stated that incorporation would enable the community to protect itself from waterfront development, after Alabama made a "$1.8 million investment in renovating the state's rundown beach house there".
Geography
The community is part of the
Daphne–
Fairhope–
Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area. Unofficially, along with
Orange Beach
Orange Beach is a resort city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 8,095.
Geography
Orange Beach is located along the Gulf of Mexico, and is the easternmost community on Alabama's Gulf Coast, w ...
and Gulf Shores, the community is considered to be a part of the
Emerald Coast
The Emerald Coast is an unofficial name for the coastal area in the US state of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico that stretches about through five counties, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, and Bay, which include Pensacola Beach, Navar ...
region that the western
panhandle of Florida is located on. Additionally, Fort Morgan is located across
Mobile Bay from
Dauphin Island.
References
Unincorporated communities in Baldwin County, Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
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