Daphne, Alabama

Daphne, Alabama
Daphne City Hall
Daphne City Hall
Official logo of Daphne, Alabama
Location of Daphne in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Location of Daphne in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Coordinates: 30°37′52″N 87°53′11″W / 30.63111°N 87.88639°W / 30.63111; -87.88639
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyBaldwin
Founded1763
Government
 • MayorRobin LeJeune
Area
 • Total19.11 sq mi (49.49 km2)
 • Land18.99 sq mi (49.19 km2)
 • Water0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2)
Elevation
157 ft (48 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total27,462
 • Density1,445.98/sq mi (558.30/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36526
Area code251
FIPS code01-19648
GNIS feature ID0157933
Websitehttp://www.daphneal.com/

Daphne (/ˈdæfn/) is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The city is located along I-10, 11 miles east of Mobile and 170 miles southwest of the state capital of Montgomery. The 2020 United States Census lists the population of the city as 27,462, making Daphne the most populous city in Baldwin County.[2] It is a principal city of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area, which includes all of Baldwin County.

The inhabited history of what is now called Daphne dates at least to the Paleo-Indian period and Native American tribes around 9000 BC.[3] Modern-day Daphne is a thriving suburb of nearby Mobile. Daphne has adopted the nickname ″The Jubilee City″ in recognition of its status as one of the locations of the Mobile Bay jubilee. The only other place jubilees occur is in Tokyo Bay. [citation needed]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Folks fired up over city wide smoking ban". AL.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2008.
  3. ^ Burnette, O. Lawrence Jr. (2006). Coastal Kingdom. PublishAmerica. pp. 20–24.