Much of the region south of Grand Bay to the coast along the Mississippi Sound was clearcut. The timber industry also attracted many to the area. Supposedly, ten acres planted in pecan and satsuma trees would be enough to supply the needs of anyone. The lots were marketed to people living in and around Chicago and other northern cities as a way to live self-sufficiently in a mild climate. Settlement began in earnest when the Grand Bay Land Company began offering ten-acre lots for sale in the early 1900s. Postal Service established a post office at a location near the center of the current community. General Gordon Granger reached the town as a preliminary move in the siege of Mobile. ĭuring the Civil War, the town saw brief military action as a column of troops under U.S. Exploration and settlement of the area was well underway by the mid-nineteenth century. He came to the area in 1853, establishing a home site near the headwaters of Franklin Creek located today near the intersection of Highway 90 and Ramsey Road. History Īccording to local accounts, George Cassibry was the first white person to settle in Grand Bay.
The population was 3,460 at the 2020 census.
It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area. Grand Bay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
