Point Clear, Alabama

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Point Clear, Alabama
Post Office of Point Clear,Alabama.jpg
Point Clear, Alabama Post Office
Baldwin County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Point Clear Highlighted.svg
Location in Baldwin County and the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 30°29′48″N87°54′35″W / 30.49667°N 87.90972°W / 30.49667; -87.90972
Country United States
State Alabama
County Baldwin
Area
[1]
  Total4.63 sq mi (11.99 km2)
  Land4.59 sq mi (11.89 km2)
  Water0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2)
Elevation
10 ft (3 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total2,076
  Density452.09/sq mi (174.54/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36564
Area code 251
FIPS code 01-61488
GNIS feature ID0155211

Point Clear is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,125. [2] It is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area.

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Geography

Point Clear is located at 30°29'48.505" North, 87°54'35.489" West (30.496807, -87.909858). [3]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14 km2), of which 5.5 square miles (14 km2) is land and 0.43% is water.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1880 49
1980 1,812
1990 2,12517.3%
2000 1,876−11.7%
2010 2,12513.3%
2020 2,076−2.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

2020 census

Point Clear racial composition [5]
RaceNum.Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)1,35665.32%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)60729.24%
Asian 70.34%
Pacific Islander 10.05%
Other/Mixed 582.79%
Hispanic or Latino 472.26%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,076 people, 793 households, and 639 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

As of the census [6] of 2000, there were 1,876 people, 741 households, and 546 families residing in the community. The population density was 331.1 inhabitants per square mile (127.8/km2). There were 997 housing units at an average density of 176.0 per square mile (68.0/km2). The racial makeup of the community was 56.13% White, 42.70% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races. 0.59% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 741 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the community, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males.

The median income for a household in the community was $37,305, and the median income for a family was $45,729. Males had a median income of $39,844 versus $14,556 for females. The per capita income for the community was $26,271. About 16.1% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.2% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.

Point Clear in World War II

Grand Hotel, Point Clear Alabama Grand Hotel, Point Clear Alabama.jpg
Grand Hotel, Point Clear Alabama

In 1944, Point Clear's Grand Hotel served as the base of operations for Operation Ivory Soap in World War II. In the Pacific Theater, the United States utilized the Leapfrogging (strategy) as a means of capturing islands held by the Japanese that were of strategic or tactical advantage. The commander of the U.S. Army Air Corps, Henry "Hap" Arnold, understood the American planes needed mobile air depots to support their efforts in the Pacific. Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Thompson, oversaw Operation Ivory Soap from a suite in the Grand Hotel. The nineteenth-century Alabama hotel housed soldiers and served as a maritime training facility training troops in skills including swimming, special calisthenics, marching, drill, navigation, ship identification, signaling, cargo handling, ship orientation, sail making and amphibious operations. The school produced 5,000 trained Army seamen who took part in operations in the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Guam. The training these troops received thanks to Operation Ivory Soap allowed the soldiers to help save countless lives and aircraft. The name "Ivory Soap," according to Col. Thompson, was derived from the fact that, like the experimental Aircraft Repair Units the military wanted to deploy, Ivory soap floats. The Grand Hotel is still in operation on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay today. [7] [8]

Other

From as early as the 1800s, wealthy families from Mobile, New Orleans and across the United States chose to spend their summers in Point Clear. In the days of yellow fever outbreaks, Pt. Clear residents believed they were escaping to what was deemed as "good air" because of the daily breeze off Mobile Bay. Arrival to the area was traditionally by ferry boat and most people arrived in Pt. Clear at Zundel's Wharf. [9] Because of this, the front of the homes (sometimes referred to as cottages) face Mobile Bay and there is a boardwalk between the water and the homes leading to and from Zundel's Wharf. Remnants of the old pier at the Zundel property were still visible prior to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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30°29′49″N87°54′35″W / 30.496807°N 87.909858°W / 30.496807; -87.909858