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Baldwin County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 182,265.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01/01003.html )〕 The county seat is Bay Minette. The county is named in honor of Senator Abraham Baldwin, though he never lived in what is now Alabama. The U.S. federal government designates Baldwin County as the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the largest county in Alabama by area and is located on the eastern side of Mobile Bay. ==History== Baldwin County was established on December 21, 1809,〔''A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing the Statutes and Resolutions in Force at the end of the General Assembly in January, 1823.'' Published by Ginn & Curtis, J. & J. Harper, Printers, New-York, 1828. Title 10. Chapter III. Pages 81-82. (An Act to divide Washington County, and for other purposes therein mentioned.--Passed December 21, 1809. )〕 ten years before Alabama became a state. Previously, the county had been a part of the Mississippi Territory until 1817, when the area was included in the separate Alabama Territory. Statehood was gained by Alabama in 1819.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Various Historical Compilations about Baldwin County, Alabama )〕 There have been numerous border changes to the county as population grew and other counties were formed. Numerous armies have invaded during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War.〔 〕 In the first days of Baldwin County, the town of McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River was the county seat. (It is now included in Washington County, west of Baldwin County.) The county seat was transferred to the town of Blakeley in 1810, and then to the city of Daphne in 1868. In 1900, by an act of the legislature of Alabama, the county seat was authorized for relocation to the city of Bay Minette; however, the city of Daphne resisted this relocation. To achieve the relocation, the men of Bay Minette devised a scheme. They fabricated a murder to lure the Sheriff and his deputy out of the Daphne. While the law was chasing down the fictitious killer during the late hours, the group of Bay Minette men stealthily traveled the seventeen miles (27 km) to Daphne, stole the Baldwin County Courthouse records, and delivered them to the city of Bay Minette, where Baldwin County's county seat remains. A New Deal mural, completed by WPA artists during the Great Depression, depicts the events. It hangs in the Bay Minette United States post office . Due to its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, Baldwin County frequently endures tropical weather systems, including hurricanes. Since the late 20th century, the county was declared a disaster area in September 1979 due to damage from Hurricane Frederic, in July 1997 due to Hurricane Danny,〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=hudclips.org )〕 in September 1998 from Hurricane Georges,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Designated Counties for Alabama Hurricane Georges )〕 in September 2004 due to damage from Hurricane Ivan,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Designated Counties for Hurricane Ivan )〕 and again in August 2005 due to damage from Hurricane Katrina.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alabama Hurricane Katrina )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baldwin County, Alabama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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