Bay Minette is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 7,820. [1] According to the 2007 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 7726. [2] The city is the county seat of Baldwin County. It is part of the Daphne?Fairhope?Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area.