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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.
Perdido, Alabama | |
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Census-designated place | |
 Location of Perdido in Baldwin County, Alabama. | |
  Perdido, Alabama  Perdido, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 31°00′28″N 87°37′38″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Baldwin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.17 sq mi (28.92 km2) |
| • Land | 11.14 sq mi (28.85 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
| Elevation | 220 ft (70 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 730 |
| • Density | 65.54/sq mi (25.31/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36562 |
| Area code(s) | 251 |
| GNIS feature ID | 152869[2] |
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 2020 | 730 | — | |
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Notable people
Aimee Hall, "Floribama Shore" cast member.
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.
- 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 2012-02-15.
- "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 7 January 2016.
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