Orange Beach Municipal Complex

Historical marker location:

4099 Orange Beach Boulevard, Orange Beach, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Orange Beach Boulevard (Alabama Route 161) and John M Snook Drive, on the right when traveling south on Orange Beach Boulevard.)

Marker installed: 2017

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.