Mobile County, Alabama Online Historical Directories
Mobile County, Alabama Online Historical Directories
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1850s - 1860s
Mobile City Directory, McGuire & Fay, 1837 - Free (Internet Archive)
Mobile City Directory, Farrow & Dennett, 1859 - 1866 - Free* (Duke University Libraries)
- 1860 is missing
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Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1887 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1888 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1889 - $ (Ancestry)
1890s
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1890 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1891 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1892 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1893 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1894 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1895 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1896 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile Business Directory, Matzenger, 1897 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1897 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1898 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Matzenger, 1899 - $ (Ancestry)
1920s - 1930s
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1920 - Free (BYU Digital Books)
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1924 - Free (BYU Digital Books)
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1936 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Allensville, Chickasaw, Crichton, North Mobile, Plateau, Prichard, Spring Hill, Tacon, Taylor, Toulminville, and Whistler
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1937 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Allensville, Chickasaw, Crichton, North Mobile, Plateau, Prichard, Spring Hill, Tacon, Taylor, Toulminville, and Whistler
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1938 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Allensville, Chickasaw, Crichton, Magazine Point, North Mobile, Plateau, Prichard, Spring Hill, Tacon, Taylor, Toulminville, and Whistler
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Allensville, Chickasaw, Crichton, Magazine Point, North Mobile, Plateau, Prichard, Spring Hill, Tacon, Taylor, Toulminville, and Whistler
1940s - 1950s
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Allensville, Chickasaw, Crichton, Magazine Point, North Mobile, Plateau, Prichard, Spring Hill, Tacon, Taylor, Toulminville, and Whistler
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1941 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Allensville, Chickasaw, Crichton, Magazine Point, North Mobile, Plateau, Prichard, Spring Hill, Tacon, Taylor, Toulminville, and Whistler
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Allensville, Chickasaw, Crichton, Magazine Point, North Mobile, Plateau, Prichard, Spring Hill, Tacon, Taylor, Toulminville, and Whistler
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1944-5 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1946 - $ (Ancestry)
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1947-8 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Alabama Village, Blakeley Island, Chickasaw, County Club, Country Club Village, Gulf Village, Gulf Homes, Magazine Point, Spring Hill, and Whistler
Mobile City Directory, Polk, 1949-50 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Alabama Village, Blakeley Island, Chickasaw, County Club, Country Club Village, Gulf Village, Gulf Homes, Magazine Point, Spring Hill, and Whistler
Prichard City Directory, 1956 - $ (Ancestry)
Prichard City Directory, 1957 - $ (Ancestry)
Prichard City Directory, 1958 - $ (Ancestry)
Prichard City Directory, 1959 - $ (Ancestry)
1960s - 1970s
Prichard City Directory, 1960 - $ (Ancestry)
Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, and Grand Bay Classified Telephone Directory, Bayou Telephone Company, 1961-73 - Free (Internet Archive)
- Yellow Pages
- volume covering 1963 is missing
Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, and Grand Bay Telephone Directory, Bayou Telephone Company, 1961-73 - Free (Internet Archive)
- White Pages (telephone listings) for 1961-73 for Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, and Grand Bay
- Yellow Pages for 1970 for Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Irvington, and St. Bayou
- volume covering 1963 appears to be missing
- 1964-8 volumes include White Pages for Irvington and St. Elmo
- 1969-73 volumes include Fowl River and Irvington
- 1973 volume includes St. Elmo
1970s - 1980s
Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Fowl River, Grand Bay, Irvington, and St. Elmo Classified Telephone Directory, Alabama Telephone Company, 1973-81 - Free (Internet Archive)
- Yellow Pages
- volume covering 1974-5 is missing
Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Fowl River, Grand Bay, Irvington, and St. Elmo Telephone Directory, Alabama Telephone Company, 1973-81 - Free (Internet Archive)
- White Pages (telephone listings)
- volume covering 1974-5 appears to be missing
Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Fowl River, Grand Bay, Irvington, and St. Elmo Classified Telephone Directory, Continental Telephone Company of the South, 1982-7 - Free (Internet Archive)
- Yellow Pages
Are the directories you're looking for not available online?
Check out WorldCat to find printed or microfilmed directories for Chickasaw, Mobile, Prichard, Saraland, Satsuma, Semmes, Theodore, and Mobile County.
They may be available through inter-library loan, or the library that holds them may be able to do lookups and send you copies of pertinent pages.
The Library of Congress holds a number of Alabama business, city, reverse (crisscross and street address), telephone, and other directories.
Learn how to access these materials in person in Washington, D.C. through this link, or via a researcher here.