Perdido, Alabama

Census-designated place in Alabama, United States

31°00′28″N 87°37′38″W / 31.00778°N 87.62722°W / 31.00778; -87.62722CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyBaldwinArea

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• Total11.17 sq mi (28.92 km²) • Land11.14 sq mi (28.85 km²) • Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km²)Elevation

220 ft (70 m)Population

(2020)

• Total730 • Density65.54/sq mi (25.31/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

36562

Area code251GNIS feature ID152869^[2]

Perdido, also known as Perdido Station, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. Perdido is located along County Route 61, 12.2 miles (19.6 km) northeast of Bay Minette.^[3] Perdido has a post office with ZIP code 36562.^[4] It has an elementary school, Perdido School, which is part of the Baldwin County Board of Education.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	730		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[5]

The community had a population of 730 as of the 2020 census.

History

Perdido is named after the Perdido River.^[6] A post office operated under the name Perdido Station from 1871 to 1923, and under the name Perdido from 1923 to present.^[7]

Cultural references

Perdido is the setting of author and screenwriter Michael McDowell's Blackwater Series, first published in 1983. It takes place in Perdido, but in an alternative universe where the town grows and thrives into a major city between the 1920s and the 1970s.

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
^ "Perdido". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Baldwin County, Alabama General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Alabama Department of Transportation. 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 108. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
^ "Baldwin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 7, 2016.