page_title: Baldwin County, Alabama
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Baldwin County, Alabama / Communities
caption_attribution_description: English: The Foley, Alabama water tower.
context_page_description: Baldwin County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, on the Gulf coast. According to the 2019 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the population is approximately 223,234. 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. Part of its western border with Mobile County is formed by the Spanish River, a brackish distributary river.
caption: The water tower in central Foley
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