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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baldwin County, Alabama</span> County in Alabama, United States

Baldwin County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, on the Gulf coast. It is one of only two counties in Alabama that border the Gulf of Mexico, along with Mobile County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 231,767, making it the fourth-most populous county in Alabama. The county seat is Bay Minette. The county is named after the founder of the University of Georgia, Senator Abraham Baldwin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mobile County, Alabama</span> County in Alabama, United States

Mobile County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the second most-populous county in the state after Jefferson County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 414,809. Its county seat is Mobile, which was founded as a deepwater port on the Mobile River. The only such port in Alabama, it has long been integral to the economy for providing access to inland waterways as well as the Gulf of Mexico.

Idlewild, also spelled Idlewyld, Idyllwild, Idyllwyld, Idylwild, or Idylwyld might refer to:

Bellefontaine or "belle fontaine" is the name of several places throughout the world. The name is French for "beautiful fountain".

Fontaine is a French word meaning fountain or natural spring or an area of natural springs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Bibb</span> American politician

Thomas Bibb was the second governor of the US state of Alabama and served from 1820 to 1821. He was the president of the Alabama Senate when his brother, Governor William Wyatt Bibb, died in office on July 10, 1820, as a result of a fall from a horse. By his senatorial office and under the state constitution, Thomas Bibb took over as governor for the remainder of his brother's term. He did not seek election as governor but later served in the Alabama House of Representatives.

The Belle Glade culture, or Okeechobee culture, is an archaeological culture that existed from as early as 1000 BCE until about 1700 CE in the area surrounding Lake Okeechobee and in the Kissimmee River valley in the Florida Peninsula.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fowl River</span> River in Alabama, United States

Fowl River is a 14.4-mile-long (23.2 km) brackish river in Mobile County, Alabama. It originates near the Mobile suburb of Theodore and then splits into the East Fowl River and the West Fowl River. The East Fowl River discharges into Mobile Bay south of Belle Fontaine. The West Fowl River discharges into the Mississippi Sound east of Coden. It was named by the original French colonists as the Riviere aux Poules, which can be translated into English as Fowl River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bellefonte, Alabama</span> Ghost town in Alabama, United States

Bellefonte is a ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, near the site of the Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station. It is located roughly two miles southeast of Hollywood, Alabama.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belle Fontaine, Mobile County, Alabama</span> Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Belle Fontaine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on the western shore of Mobile Bay. It is located south of the city of Mobile, along the stretch of shore between the Deer River and the Fowl River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 613.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belling the Cat</span> Medieval fable attributed to Aesop

Belling the Cat is a fable also known under the titles The Bell and the Cat and The Mice in Council. In the story, a group of mice agree to attach a bell to a cat's neck to warn of its approach in the future, but they fail to find a volunteer to perform the job. The term has become an idiom describing a group agreeing to perform an impossibly difficult task.

Bierry-les-Belles-Fontaines is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines</span> Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the natural region of Forterre.

Acionna was a Gallo-Roman water goddess, attested in the Orléanais region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fort Belle Fontaine</span> United States historic place

Fort Belle Fontaine is a former U.S. military base located in St. Louis County, Missouri, across the Mississippi and Missouri rivers from Alton, Illinois. The fort was the first U.S. military installation west of the Mississippi, in the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, and served as a starting point for many expeditions to the American West.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belle Mina, Alabama</span> Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Belle Mina is an unincorporated community in southeastern Limestone County, Alabama, United States. As of 2020 the population was estimated to be around 113 people. The town center is aproximently 1 mile away from Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc, which is the only facility in North America to produce the Corolla Cross.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fort Belle Fontaine County Park</span> Public park in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States

The Fort Belle Fontaine County Park is a unit of the park system of St. Louis County, Missouri. 305.6 acres in size, it is bordered by the Missouri River, by Cold Water Creek, and by the Missouri Hills campus of the Missouri Division of Youth Services (M-DYS).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fontaines D.C.</span> Irish rock band

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Bell Fontaine is a ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.