Fairhope | |
|---|---|
 Downtown Fairhope | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: "You've arrived" | |
 Location in Baldwin County, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 30°31′35″N 87°53′44″W / 30.52639°N 87.89556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Baldwin |
| Founded | November 15, 1894 |
| Incorporated | April 25, 1908[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Mayor | Sherry Sullivan |
| • Council members | Jack Burrell Corey Martin Jimmy Conyers Robert Brown Kevin Boone |
| Area | |
• City | 14.53 sq mi (37.64 km2) |
| • Land | 14.47 sq mi (37.49 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.14 km2) |
| Elevation | 121 ft (37 m) |
| Population | |
• City | 22,477 |
• Estimate (2022)[5] | 23,859 |
| • Density | 1,552.82/sq mi (599.53/km2) |
| • Urban | 76,807 |
| • Metro | 246,435 (US: 194th) |
| Time zone | UTC–6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 36532-36533 |
| Area code | 251 |
| Sales tax | 9.0%[6] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0118120[3] |
| Website | fairhopeal.gov |
Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The population was 22,477 at the 2020 census.[4] Fairhope is a principal city of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area, which includes all of Baldwin County.
- ^ "Municipalities of Alabama Incorporation Dates" (PDF). Alabama League of Municipalities. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairhope, Alabama
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2022was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Fairhope (AL) sales tax rate". Retrieved December 30, 2023.