Axis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

The community has one site listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, the Kirk House.

In 2011 Renee Busbee of the Mobile Press-Register said that residents of Axis may be rezoned to Blount, Citronelle, and/or Vigor high schools.

The 1990 amendments to the United States' Clean Air Act required emissions reductions.

Courtaulds did not monitor carbon disulfide concentrations in its stacks or in air around the factory.