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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
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|image_skyline = Rhodes Store Bay Minette June 2013 1.jpg
|image_caption = Historic Rhodes Store of Bay Minette
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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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===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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===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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