Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines is a historic fort on Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States. It was named for Edmund Pendleton Gaines. Established in 1821, it is best known for its role in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Altairisfar, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dauphin Island School.
Dauphin Island School
Building
The Dauphin Island School is a historic former school building on Dauphin Island, Alabama. The school was built in 1931 to replace a one-room schoolhouse that was built in 1898 and burned in 1929. Dauphin Island School is situated 2 miles west of Fort Gaines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dauphin Island.
Dauphin Island
Town
Photo: Altairisfar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dauphin Island, is an island town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on a barrier island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico. It was incorporated in 1988. Dauphin Island is situated 2 miles west of Fort Gaines.
Fort Gaines
- Type: Locality
- Description: historic fort on Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States
- Category: fort
- Location: Mobile, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Hebrew—“Fort Gaines” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن جاينز”
- French: “fort Gaines”
- French: “Fort Gaines”
- Hebrew: “פורט גיינס”
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