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{{Short description|City in and county seat of Baldwin County, Alabama}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Bay Minette, Alabama
|settlement_type = [[City]]
|image_skyline = Rhodes Store Bay Minette
|image_caption =
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|image_seal = Seal of Bay Minette, Alabama.png
|image_map = File:Baldwin County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bay Minette Highlighted 0104660.svg
|mapsize = 250px
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==History==
In the first days of Baldwin County, the town of [[McIntosh Bluff]] (now in [[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile County]], west of Baldwin County) on the [[Tombigbee River]] was the county seat. After being transferred to the town of [[Blakeley, Alabama|Blakeley]] in 1810, the county seat was later moved to the city of [[Daphne, Alabama|Daphne]] in 1868. In 1900, by an act of the legislature of Alabama, the county seat was authorized for relocation to the city of Bay Minette; however, the city of Daphne resisted relocation. The citizens of Bay Minette moved the county records from Daphne in the middle of the night on October 11–12, 1901<ref name=images>{{cite book | title = Images of America: Baldwin County | author = John C. Lewis and Harriet Brill Outlaw | year = 2009 | publisher = Arcadia Publishing | isbn = 978-0-7385-6834-8 | pages = 14–16}}</ref> and delivered them to the city of Bay Minette
In September 2011, the town attempted to enact a program called "Operation Restore Our Community". It would have allowed those convicted of a [[misdemeanor]] to substitute [[imprisonment]] with mandatory church attendance for one year.<ref>{{cite news| title=Ala. town's criminals get choice: Jail or church| url=
==Geography==
Bay Minette is located near the center of Baldwin County in southern Alabama at {{Coord|30|53|0|N|87|46|38|W|type:city}} (30.883446, -87.777183).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|22.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|22.2|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 0.75%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
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{{Weather box <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location = Bay Minette, Alabama,
|Jan record high F = 85
|Feb record high F = 84
|Mar record high F = 89
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 103
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 106
|Oct record high F = 97
|Nov record high F = 88
|Dec record high F = 84
|Jan avg record high F = 75.5
|Feb avg record high F = 77.4
|Mar avg record high F = 82.6
|Apr avg record high F = 85.4
|May avg record high F = 91.2
|Jun avg record high F = 94.3
|Jul avg record high F = 95.3
|Aug avg record high F = 94.9
|Sep avg record high F = 93.1
|Oct avg record high F = 88.3
|Nov avg record high F = 81.4
|Dec avg record high F = 76.7
|year avg record high F = 96.6
<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F =61.0
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| Nov low F =48.8
| Dec low F =43.2
|Jan avg record low F = 22.2
|Feb avg record low F = 26.9
|Mar avg record low F = 32.1
|Apr avg record low F = 40.3
|May avg record low F = 50.6
|Jun avg record low F = 63.1
|Jul avg record low F = 67.7
|Aug avg record low F = 66.5
|Sep avg record low F = 57.2
|Oct avg record low F = 41.1
|Nov avg record low F = 30.7
|Dec avg record low F = 26.9
|year avg record low F = 20.2
|Jan record low F = 2
|Feb record low F = 10
|Mar record low F = 16
|Apr record low F = 28
|May record low F = 37
|Jun record low F = 51
|Jul record low F = 54
|Aug record low F = 56
|Sep record low F = 41
|Oct record low F = 31
|Nov record low F = 19
|Dec record low F = 7
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour = green
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| Nov precipitation inch =4.55
| Dec precipitation inch =5.70
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.5
|Feb precipitation days = 8.6
|Mar precipitation days = 7.8
|Apr precipitation days = 7.0
|May precipitation days = 7.7
|Jun precipitation days = 11.5
|Jul precipitation days = 15.0
|Aug precipitation days = 13.1
|Sep precipitation days = 9.3
|Oct precipitation days = 5.8
|Nov precipitation days = 7.1
|Dec precipitation days = 9.4
<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch =0.0
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| Nov snow inch =0.0
| Dec snow inch =0.1
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.0
|Feb snow days = 0.0
|Mar snow days = 0.0
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.0
|year snow days = 0.0
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00010583&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Bay Minette, AL
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=mob
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Mobile
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}
==Demographics==
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===2020 Census data===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Bay Minette racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0104660&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=
!Race
!Num.
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|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|184
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|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 8,107 people, 2,812 households, and 1,690 families residing in the city.
===2010 Census data===
As of the [[census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 7, 2015
There were 2,744 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 21.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.08.
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[[Image:Bay Minette Municipal Airport.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Aerial view of the Bay Minette Municipal Airport taken in 2006]]
Bay Minette uses a mayor council government. The mayor is elected at large. The city council consists of five members who are elected from one of five districts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bay Minette Municipal Government |publisher=City of Bay Minette |url=http://www.cityofbayminette.org/PageView.aspx?ID=2 |access-date=
===Emergency Services===
Fire protection is provided by the Bay Minette Fire Department.
Emergency Medical Services are provided by MedStar.
Law enforcement agency is the Bay Minette Police Department.
== Education ==
===Public schools===
Bay Minette is a part of the [[Baldwin County Public Schools]] system.<ref>{{cite web | title = Baldwin County Public Schools | publisher = SchoolInSites.com | year = 2010 | url = http://www.bcbe.org/ | access-date =
High schools
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==Culture==
Portions of the movie ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' were filmed near the town's [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] depot,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spielberg|first1=Steven|title=Close Encounters of the Third Kind|website=[[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075860/locations|date=
==Transportation==
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*[[Wallace Gilberry]], defensive end for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
*[[Todd Grisham]], sports announcer for [[ESPN]]
*[[Ellis Hooks]], soul blues singer and songwriter was born here<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author=Thom Jurek |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ellis-hooks-mn0000795951/biography |title=Ellis Hooks | Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=
*[[John McMillan (Alabama politician)|John McMillan]], State Treasurer of Alabama
*[[Anthony Mix]], former [[wide receiver]] for [[Auburn University]] and NFL player
*[[Joe M. Rodgers]], [[United States Ambassador to France]]
*[[Murder of Scotty Joe Weaver|Scotty Joe Weaver]],
==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|United States}}U.S.Census . gov / quick facts
* [http://www.cityofbayminette.org/ City of Bay Minette]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130517065831/http://fly1r8.com/ Bay Minette Airport]
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