Welcome to Dauphin Island ...The town of Dauphin Island is located in Mobile County<1>. The pronunciation of Dauphin Island: DAW-fin<2> Dauphin Island was established in 1702. A typical abbreviation for Dauphin Island: Dauphin Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.) From the Census Estimates for 2019, Dauphin Island has a population of 1,336 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Dauphin Island is near sea level<4>. Time Zone: Dauphin Island lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Dauphin Island: 251 The ZIP code for Dauphin Island: 36528<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Dauphin Island had an population of 1,336 people. This is an increase of 7.92% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 2.55% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Dauphin Island had a population of 1,238 people. This makes Dauphin Island the county's 10th most populous community. The population of Dauphin Island represents 0.03% of the total population of Alabama (which has 4,779,736 people), making it the state's 235th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,238 people, the population of Dauphin Island decreased 9.7% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,371 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Dauphin Island. Communities near Dauphin Island ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dauphin Island.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dauphin Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dauphin Island. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dauphin Island. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dauphin Island. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dauphin Island. See our Newspapers Page for Dauphin Island. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dauphin Island ...Looking for more information about Dauphin Island? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dauphin Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dauphin Island. Adding Dauphin Island to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dauphin Island in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dauphin Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dauphin Island. Footnotes ...
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