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Cities Located in the 251 Area Code
The most populous cities in area code 251 are: Mobile, Atmore, Foley, Jackson, and Fairhope.
Other cities in the 251 area code include: Bay Minette, Brewton, Evergreen, Gulf Shores, Frisco City, Mc Intosh, Flomaton, Monroeville, Theodore, Dauphin Island, Seminole, Citronelle, Mount Vernon, Irvington, Grand Bay, Beatrice, Melvin, Peterman, Franklin, Orange Beach, Bayou La Batre, Grove Hill, Coffeeville, Repton, Pine Apple, Whatley, Daphne, Robertsdale, Chatom, Uriah, Lillian, Semmes, Loxley, Elberta, Summerdale, Magnolia Springs, Gilbertown, Coden, Millry, Castleberry, Deer Park, Bon Secour, Frankville, and Silverhill.
About Mobile, Atmore, and Foley, Alabama
Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 as of the 2010 United States Census, making it the third most populous city in Alabama, the most populous in Mobile County, and the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Petersburg, Florida.Alabama's only saltwater port, Mobile is located at the head of the Mobile Bay and the north-central Gulf Coast. The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city beginning with the city as a key trading center between the French and Native Americans down to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile metropolitan area. This region of 412,992 residents is composed solely of Mobile County; it is the third-largest metropolitan statistical area in the state. Mobile is the largest city in the Mobile- Daphne − Fairhope CSA, with a total population of 604,726, the second largest in the state. As of 2011 , the population within a 60-mile (100 km) radius of Mobile is 1,262,907. Mobile began as the first capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702. During its first 100 years, Mobile was a colony of France, then Britain, and lastly Spain. Mobile first became a part of the United States of America in 1813, with the annexation of West Florida under President James Madison. In 1861 Alabama joined the Confederate States of America, which surrendered in 1865. As one of the Gulf Coast's cultural centers, Mobile has several art museums, a symphony orchestra, a professional opera, a professional ballet company, and a large concentration of historic architecture. Mobile is known for having the oldest organized Carnival celebrations in the United States. The festival began to be celebrated in the first decade of the 18th century by its first French Catholic colonial settlers. Mobile was host to the first formally organized Carnival mystic society, known elsewhere as a krewe, to celebrate with a parade in the United States, beginning in 1830. In 2005 the first integrated mystic society had a parade for Mardi Gras.
Atmore is a city in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1907. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 10,194, with an estimated population of 10,006 in 2014. Atmore is in the planning stages to increase its economic base with additions in its new Rivercane development along the I-65 corridor.Atmore has completed requirements to be recognized as an Alabama Community of Excellence at the upcoming Alabama League of Municipalities Convention. City officials are also working with the Alabama Historical Commission to have the downtown district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On May 23, 2007, Atmore celebrated its centenary.The federally recognized Poarch Band of Creek Indians is headquartered in Atmore.
Foley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. The 2010 census lists the population of the city as 14,618. Foley is a principal city of the Daphne – Fairhope –Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Baldwin County.
What Time Zone is Area Code 251?
The 251 area code lies within the Central Daylight Time Zone (or CDT). The current time in Central Daylight Time is 7:50 PM on Jul 26, 2024.