Gulfcrest, Alabama

Census-designated place in Alabama, United States

30°59′44″N 88°14′15″W / 30.99556°N 88.23750°W / 30.99556; -88.23750CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyMobileArea

^[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 code251GNIS 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
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	161	—
2020	142	−11.8%
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

The community is about a third African American.

Notable people

Oscar W. Adams Sr., publisher of the Birmingham Reporter and father of Alabama Supreme Court justice Oscar W. Adams Jr.^[5]

Education

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

References

^ ^a ^b "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Gulfcrest CDP, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
^ "Gulfcrest". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ 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.
^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Gulfcrest CDP, AL." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.
^ "McDavid-Jones." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.
^ "Lott Middle." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.
^ "Citronelle High School Attendance Zone Archived 2021-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.