Malbis is considered a community or populated place but is not identified in the United States Census.

Malbis had been an Orthodox monk[3] before coming to the United States to investigate the condition of fellow Greeks who had immigrated to the US.

While traveling through Alabama, Malbis became enamored with Baldwin County and purchased the land that would become the Greek colony.

During the peak of the colony's success, the economy was largely based upon providing table food to nearby Mobile, Alabama.

[5] Much of the land was sold for commercial development, including a 500-acre (2.0 km2) soybean field, which is currently covered by a large retail shopping mall known as Eastern Shore Centre.