Chickasaw, Alabama

Chickasaw is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

It attempted to restrict the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses, the subject of a case that reached the Supreme Court of the United States, Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501 (1946).

The court ruled that although the Chickasaw Shipyard Village was privately owned, because it functioned as a town open to the public, the right conferred on residents and visitors by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution cannot be abridged.

[3] It is bordered to the east by the city of Mobile, to the south and west by Prichard, and to the north by Saraland.

U.S. Route 43 (Telegraph Road and North Craft Highway) is the main road through Chickasaw, leading south 5 miles (8 km) to downtown Mobile and north 60 miles (97 km) to Jackson.

I-65 leads south into Mobile and northeast 162 miles (261 km) to Montgomery.

[1] Chickasaw Creek, a tidal arm of the Mobile River, forms the northeast border of the city.

The city had its peak of population in 1960, when the shipyard was still operating at high capacity.

32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,457 people, 2,134 households, and 1,246 families residing in the city.

[12] Several years prior to 2009, officials of Chickasaw, Satsuma, and Saraland contemplated forming the "Delta School District."

The remainder of the students came from other locations, including the unincorporated area of Grand Bay.

While it remained, the residents of Chickasaw were required to pay $2,200 per year per child in order to attend the school, as they were no longer part of the county system.

USS Pivot (AM-276) launched at the Gulf Shipbuilding Company, Chickasaw, Alabama, on November 11, 1943. In the background can be seen the USS Pledge (AM-277) .
Map of Alabama highlighting Mobile County