Baldwin County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of Abraham Baldwin, a member of the United States Senate who never actually lived in what would become Alabama. As of 2000 the population is 140,415 . The estimated 2006 population from the U.S. Census Bureau is 169,162 . The county seat is Bay Minette. It is the largest county in Alabama by area and includes a portion of Mobile Bay.

The Daphne-Fairhope-Foley micropolitan area includes all of Baldwin County.Baldwin County was established on December 21, 1809 ten years before Alabama became a state. Previously, the county had been a part of the Mississippi territory until 1817 when the area passed into the Alabama territory. Statehood was gained by Alabama in 1819. There have been numerous border changes to the county and numerous armies have invaded. In the first days of Baldwin County, the Town of McIntosh Bluff (now in Mobile County, Alabama, West ofBaldwin County) on the Tombigbee River was the County Seat.