The
Mobile District was an administrative region of the
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
territory of
West FloridaWest Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history. Parts of the territory were held at various times by France, Spain, Britain, and the United States...
, which became part of the independent Republic of West Florida on September 23, 1810. The region was bounded in the north by the 31st parallel, in the south by the
Gulf of MexicoThe Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United...
, in the east by the
Perdido RiverThe Perdido River is a river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida, approximately 60 miles long. The river forms part of the boundary between the two states along nearly its entire length and drains into the Gulf of Mexico...
, and in the west by the
Pearl RiverThe Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Winston County, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanawaya and Tallahaga Creeks. It is 790 kilometers long. The Yockanookany and Strong Rivers are tributaries...
. The territory was annexed by the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1812 and currently forms parts of the states of
MississippiMississippi is a state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi . The state is heavily forested outside of the...
and
AlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its...
.
- History of Alabama
Alabama became a state of the United States of America on December 14, 1819. After the Indian wars of the 1830s pushed Native Americans out of the state, white settlers arrived in large numbers. Wealthy planters created large cotton plantations based in the fertile central Black Belt, which...
- History of Florida
The history of Florida can be traced back to when the first Native Americans began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. Recorded history begins with the arrival of Europeans to Florida, beginning with the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, who explored the area in 1513...
- History of Mississippi
The State of Mississippi's history goes back beyond American statehood to Ancient Native American times.-Native Americans:Nearly 10,000 BCE, Native American or Paleo-Indians appeared in what today is referred to as the South. Paleoindians in the South were hunter-gatherers who pursued the megafauna...
The
Mobile District was an administrative region of the
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
territory of
West FloridaWest Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history. Parts of the territory were held at various times by France, Spain, Britain, and the United States...
, which became part of the independent Republic of West Florida on September 23, 1810.
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The
Mobile District was an administrative region of the
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
territory of
West FloridaWest Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history. Parts of the territory were held at various times by France, Spain, Britain, and the United States...
, which became part of the independent Republic of West Florida on September 23, 1810. The region was bounded in the north by the 31st parallel, in the south by the
Gulf of MexicoThe Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United...
, in the east by the
Perdido RiverThe Perdido River is a river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida, approximately 60 miles long. The river forms part of the boundary between the two states along nearly its entire length and drains into the Gulf of Mexico...
, and in the west by the
Pearl RiverThe Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Winston County, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanawaya and Tallahaga Creeks. It is 790 kilometers long. The Yockanookany and Strong Rivers are tributaries...
. The territory was annexed by the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1812 and currently forms parts of the states of
MississippiMississippi is a state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi . The state is heavily forested outside of the...
and
AlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its...
.
See also
- History of Alabama
Alabama became a state of the United States of America on December 14, 1819. After the Indian wars of the 1830s pushed Native Americans out of the state, white settlers arrived in large numbers. Wealthy planters created large cotton plantations based in the fertile central Black Belt, which...
- History of Florida
The history of Florida can be traced back to when the first Native Americans began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. Recorded history begins with the arrival of Europeans to Florida, beginning with the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, who explored the area in 1513...
- History of Mississippi
The State of Mississippi's history goes back beyond American statehood to Ancient Native American times.-Native Americans:Nearly 10,000 BCE, Native American or Paleo-Indians appeared in what today is referred to as the South. Paleoindians in the South were hunter-gatherers who pursued the megafauna...
The
Mobile District was an administrative region of the
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
territory of
West FloridaWest Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history. Parts of the territory were held at various times by France, Spain, Britain, and the United States...
, which became part of the independent Republic of West Florida on September 23, 1810. The region was bounded in the north by the 31st parallel, in the south by the
Gulf of MexicoThe Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United...
, in the east by the
Perdido RiverThe Perdido River is a river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida, approximately 60 miles long. The river forms part of the boundary between the two states along nearly its entire length and drains into the Gulf of Mexico...
, and in the west by the
Pearl RiverThe Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Winston County, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanawaya and Tallahaga Creeks. It is 790 kilometers long. The Yockanookany and Strong Rivers are tributaries...
. The territory was annexed by the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1812 and currently forms parts of the states of
MississippiMississippi is a state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi . The state is heavily forested outside of the...
and
AlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its...
.
See also
- History of Alabama
Alabama became a state of the United States of America on December 14, 1819. After the Indian wars of the 1830s pushed Native Americans out of the state, white settlers arrived in large numbers. Wealthy planters created large cotton plantations based in the fertile central Black Belt, which...
- History of Florida
The history of Florida can be traced back to when the first Native Americans began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. Recorded history begins with the arrival of Europeans to Florida, beginning with the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, who explored the area in 1513...
- History of Mississippi
The State of Mississippi's history goes back beyond American statehood to Ancient Native American times.-Native Americans:Nearly 10,000 BCE, Native American or Paleo-Indians appeared in what today is referred to as the South. Paleoindians in the South were hunter-gatherers who pursued the megafauna...
The
Mobile District was an administrative region of the
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
territory of
West FloridaWest Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history. Parts of the territory were held at various times by France, Spain, Britain, and the United States...
, which became part of the independent Republic of West Florida on September 23, 1810. The region was bounded in the north by the 31st parallel, in the south by the
Gulf of MexicoThe Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United...
, in the east by the
Perdido RiverThe Perdido River is a river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida, approximately 60 miles long. The river forms part of the boundary between the two states along nearly its entire length and drains into the Gulf of Mexico...
, and in the west by the
Pearl RiverThe Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Winston County, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanawaya and Tallahaga Creeks. It is 790 kilometers long. The Yockanookany and Strong Rivers are tributaries...
. The territory was annexed by the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1812 and currently forms parts of the states of
MississippiMississippi is a state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi . The state is heavily forested outside of the...
and
AlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its...
.
See also
- History of Alabama
Alabama became a state of the United States of America on December 14, 1819. After the Indian wars of the 1830s pushed Native Americans out of the state, white settlers arrived in large numbers. Wealthy planters created large cotton plantations based in the fertile central Black Belt, which...
- History of Florida
The history of Florida can be traced back to when the first Native Americans began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. Recorded history begins with the arrival of Europeans to Florida, beginning with the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, who explored the area in 1513...
- History of Mississippi
The State of Mississippi's history goes back beyond American statehood to Ancient Native American times.-Native Americans:Nearly 10,000 BCE, Native American or Paleo-Indians appeared in what today is referred to as the South. Paleoindians in the South were hunter-gatherers who pursued the megafauna...