Stockton, Alabama

Stockton
Unincorporated community

Location of Stockton in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Stockton
Location within the state of Alabama
Stockton
Stockton (the US)
Coordinates: 30°59′38″N 87°51′29″W / 30.99389°N 87.85806°W / 30.99389; -87.85806Coordinates: 30°59′38″N 87°51′29″W / 30.99389°N 87.85806°W / 30.99389; -87.85806
Country United States
State Alabama
County Baldwin
Area[1]
 • Total 9.63 sq mi (24.94 km2)
 • Land 9.34 sq mi (24.20 km2)
 • Water 0.29 sq mi (0.74 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 2,046
 • Estimate (2016)[2] N/A
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 251
FIPS code 01-73272
GNIS feature ID 127416

Stockton is an unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. It is the nearest community to Bottle Creek Indian Mounds, a National Historic Landmark.

The community is part of the Bay Minette, Alabama Bay Minette,Alabama–Daphne, Alabama|Daphne]]–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area.

A slasher film, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, was made in and around the Stockton area.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

History

The community is most likely named for Francis Stockton, who was appointed in 1809 to select a site for the first Baldwin County courthouse.[4] The Stockton post office first began operations in 1837.[5] The U. S. Mail service delivered mail from Montgomery, Alabama by stage coach twice a week to Stockton. In 1855 the United States government started a mail service between Mobile, Stockton and Claiborne, Alabama. Steamers were awarded contracts for carrying the mail, each leaving Mobile twice a week, touching at Stockton, which was connected to Montgomery by the stage line.

References

  1. ↑ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  5. ↑ "Baldwin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 January 2016.


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