Bayou La Batre, Alabama

About Bayou La Batre

Bayou La Batre, AL is a small town located in southwestern Alabama with an estimated population of 2,124.

Officially, Bayou La Batre is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 7.49 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 284 residents per square mile.

📰 Bayou La Batre News Today

• Bayou La Batre prepares for possible hurricane impacts as Isaias approaches Gulf Coast NBC 15 WPMI · Oct 7
• Isaias is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane as it nears the US Gulf Coast WTOP News · Oct 9
• AL: ISAIAS/ BAYOU LA BATRE HANDS OUT SANDBAGS Lee News Central · Oct 7
• Hurricane Isaias is expected to strengthen as it barrels toward the US Gulf Coast seMissourian · Oct 8
• Bayou La Batre Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Alabama headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Bayou La Batre Unique

• The only place in America named Bayou La Batre — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southwestern Alabama, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Alabama — one of 594 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Bayou La Batre

• Bayou Seafood Co. Eatery & Market — seafood
• Phnom Penh Fusion — cambodian

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bayou La Batre

• Grand Bay Savanna Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Mariner Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Bayou La Batre

• Alma Bryant High School
• Anna F Booth Elementary School
• Dixon Elementary School
• Peter F Alba Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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