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

Known prior to 1915 as "Fig Tree Island", the city was named after the satsuma orange, which was successfully cultivated and grown in Alabama starting in 1878, a gift from Emperor Meiji of Japan.

[citation needed] Satsuma is a part of the Mobile metropolitan area.

The area was inhabited for thousands of years by differing cultures of indigenous peoples.

U.S. Route 43 and Interstate 65 are the main highways through Saraland, intersecting at the northern edge of the city.

[1] The city is bordered to the east by Gunnison Creek, a tidal tributary of Bayou Sara, which leads to the Mobile River.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,749 people, 2,205 households, and 1,705 families residing in the city.

In 2003,[8] officials of Satsuma, Saraland, and Chickasaw contemplated forming the "Delta School District.

[11] Satsuma residents considered leaving Mobile County schools since circa 2001.

[12] In 2010, the City of Satsuma began conducting a study on whether it can split from the Mobile County school system.

Tom Williams, a council member of Satsuma, said he began considering splitting once Mobile County decided to situate the new middle school in Axis, 12 miles (19 km) from Satsuma, since students have longer bus rides to the school and that the school is further away from fire and police stations.