Year after year, between April showers, Loxley has hosted Baldwin County’s Strawberry Festival at the Loxley Municipal Park. Previously known as “the biggest little town in the county,” it gained its official city status in 2022.
Approximately 4,623 people call Loxley home — but countless more pass through daily as they drive on Alabama Highway 59 on their way to the sandy shores of Orange Beach + Gulf Shores.
Read on to learn more about Loxley’s history + what this city has to offer!
The history of Loxley
Before Loxley was Loxley, it was a village named Bennett. It wasn’t until about 1900 that Michigander John Loxley took to the virgin pine forests of south Alabama to create a lumber camp…