Gulfcrest, Alabama

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Gulfcrest, Alabama
Census-designated place
Location in Mobile County, Alabama
Gulfcrest
Gulfcrest
Coordinates: 30°59′44″N 88°14′15″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMobile
Area
[1]
 • Total1.52 sq mi (3.93 km2)
 • Land1.51 sq mi (3.92 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
148 ft (45 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total142
 • Density93.79/sq mi (36.21/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)251
GNIS feature ID143406[3]
FIPS code01-32248

Gulfcrest is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 142 as of the 2020 census.[2]

Geography

Gulfcrest is in northern Mobile County, along U.S. Route 45, which leads southeast 26 miles (42 km) to Mobile and north 6 miles (10 km) to Citronelle.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gulfcrest has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), of which 0.003 square miles (0.0078 km2), or 0.20%, are water.[1] Chickasaw Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Mobile River, forms the eastern boundary of the Gulfcrest CDP.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
2010161—
2020142−11.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

The community is about a third African American. It saw rapid growth in the 2010s.[5]

Notable people

Education

Residents are zoned to Mobile County Public School System campuses.[7] Residents are zoned to McDavid-Jones Elementary School (K-5),[8] Lott Middle School (6-8),[9] and Citronelle High School (9-12).[10]

References
  1. "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  2. "Gulfcrest CDP, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  3. "Gulfcrest". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. "Gulfcrest, Alabama Population 2021 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". worldpopulationreview.com.
  6. Peebles, Marilyn T. (August 16, 2012). The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia: A Brief History. University Press of America. ISBN 9780761858157 – via Google Books.
  7. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Gulfcrest CDP, AL." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.
  8. "McDavid-Jones." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.
  9. "Lott Middle." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.
  10. "Citronelle High School Attendance Zone." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.


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