Fort Morgan, also known as Fort Bowyer, is an unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. It is west of Gulf Shores on

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. 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

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and Gulf Shores, the community is considered to be a part of the

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region that the western panhandle of Florida is located on. Additionally, Fort Morgan is located across Mobile Bay from Dauphin Island.

References

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