Bay Circle

Historical marker location:

4773 Bay Circle, Orange Beach, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Canal Road and Bay Circle, on the right when traveling west on Canal Road.)

Marker installed: 2019

The first European settlement in Alabama was established in 1702 by the French at Fort Louis de la Mobile, which is now the city of Mobile. It was named after Louis XIV of France and was the capital of French Louisiana until 1711.