The proposed incorporation did not include the entire area known as Semmes due to certain population density requirements of Alabama state law.

[4] After voting closed, unofficial returns showed the plebiscite passing with 74.19% of the voters in favor of incorporation.

[6] Once the election was certified in August, the Mobile County Probate Judge ordered an enumeration, or census, of the citizens of the new municipality, in accordance with Alabama law.

[8] The city of Mobile, upon the issuance of the order of incorporation, removed Semmes from its police, fire, and planning extraterritorial jurisdictions, and no longer provides any services or collects any taxes in the area.

Likewise, only five citizens qualified to run for the five at-large City Council seats, and were subsequently deemed elected.

The council members were Jerry Shirey, Dave Baker, Mary Calhoun, Phillip Dodd, and Teresa Bonner.

U.S. Route 98 (Moffett Road) is the main highway through Semmes, leading southeast into Mobile and northwest 77 miles (124 km) to Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

[1] Semmes is on the central Gulf Coast and has a subtropical climate, which consists of warm, wet winters and very hot, very humid summers.