Lillian, Alabama
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|area_total_km2 = 9.14
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|population_total = 1,330
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|postal_code = 36549{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/36549|title=Lillian AL ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=January 26, 2023}}
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Lillian is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. Lillian is located on U.S. Route 98 on the western shore of Perdido Bay, {{convert|9.5|mi|km}} east of Elberta. Its eastern edge lies on the Alabama/Florida state line.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 1330
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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=2020 census=
| class="wikitable"
|+Lillian CDP, Alabama – Racial and Ethnic Composition !Race / Ethnicity !Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lillian CDP, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0142928&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}} !% 2020 |
| White alone (NH)
|1,181 |88.80% |
| Black or African American alone (NH)
|17 |1.28% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|12 |0.90% |
| Asian alone (NH)
|8 |0.60% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1 |0.08% |
| Some Other Race alone (NH)
|0 |0.00% |
| Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)
|78 |5.86% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|33 |2.48% |
| Total
|1,330 |100.00% |
History
The community was named for Lillian Kee, the daughter of William Thomas Kee, postmaster.{{cite book |last=Foscue |first=Virginia |date=1989 |title=Place Names in Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |page=84 |isbn=0-8173-0410-X }} In 1630, the King of Spain gave land grants to the Suarez family that included the current site of Lillian.{{cite book|author=O. Lawrence Burnette|title=Historic Baldwin County: A Bicentennial History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TJZPSXl-rMC&pg=PA6|year=2007|publisher=HPN Books|isbn=978-1-893619-80-7|page=6}} The Baldwin Colonization Company purchased the area around Lillian in 1923 to promote the area as a resort location. Lillian was once home to a school and hotel.{{cite news |title=Historic markers placed at boat launch, church in Lillian |url=http://www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com/stories/historic-markers-placed-at-boat-launch-church-in-lillian,77114 |access-date=May 30, 2020 |agency=Gulf Coast News Today}} The hotel was originally located in Elberta then dismantled and moved to Lillian.{{cite book|author1=Harriet Brill Outlaw|author2=Penny H. Taylor|title=Foley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M34C8WE-eowC&pg=PA51|year=2013|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-9869-7|page=51}}
The Lillian post office was established in 1884.Helbock, Richard W. (2007) United States Post Offices, Volume VIII - The Southeast, p. 124, Scappoose, Oregon: La Posta Publications
The Perdido Bay Bridge, which spans Perdido Bay from Lillian to Florida, was first constructed in 1916. The bridge replaced a ferry that operated between Alabama and Florida. The original bridge was operated by the Perdido Bay Bridge and Ferry Company, but ownership was transferred to the states of Alabama and Florida when a second bridge was completed in 1930.{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|title=United States Statutes at Large: 1927-1929|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S18m5ozyxSkC&pg=PA1510|year=1929|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=1510}} The bridge was originally operated as a toll bridge, but tolls were discontinued in 1943.{{cite news |title=Lillian Bridge Toll End |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26983585/lillian-bridge-toll-end-10-dec-1943/ |access-date=May 30, 2020 |work=Fort Lauderdale News |date=December 10, 1943}} The current bridge was completed in 1980.
The Old Spanish Cemetery in Lillian includes burials from as early as the 16th century.{{cite book|title=AL-59 Relocation, Foley to I-10, Baldwin County: Environmental Impact Statement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQQ1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA69|year=1975|page=67}}{{cite web |last1=Morton |first1=Patricia Hoskins |title=Baldwin County |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1303 |website=Encyclopedia of Alabama |access-date=May 30, 2020}}
The Lillian Swamp is managed as a nature preserve as part of the Forever Wild Land Trust.{{cite web |title=Lillian Swamp Complex |url=https://www.alabamaforeverwild.com/lillian-swamp-complex |website=Alabama Forever Wild |access-date=May 30, 2020}} The swamp is also listed as an Alabama Gulf Ecological Management Site due to its importance as an estuarine habitat and stopover for migratory birds.{{cite web |title=Lillian Swamp |url=http://www.mobilebaynep.com/images/uploads/library/GEMS-Lillian_Swamp.pdf |website=Mobile Bay National Estuary Program |access-date=May 30, 2020}}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Baldwin County, Alabama
Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Category:Populated places established in 1884
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