Perdido, Alabama
Perdido, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 31°00′28″N 87°37′38″W / 31.00778°N 87.62722°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 (2010) | |
• Total | 221 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | N/A |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 36562 |
Area code | 251 |
GNIS feature ID | 152869[3] |
Perdido, also known as Perdido Station, is an unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. Perdido is located along County Route 61, 12.2 miles (19.6 km) northeast of Bay Minette.[4] Perdido has a post office with ZIP code 36562.[5] It has an elementary school, Perdido School, which is part of the Baldwin County Board of Education.
Notable People
Aimee Hall, Cast Member on MTV show, "Floribama Shore".
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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U.S. Decennial Census[6] |
History
Perdido is named after the Perdido River.[7] A post office operated under the name Perdido Station from 1871 to 1923, and under the name Perdido from 1923 to the present.[8]
Cultural References
Perdido is the setting of author and screenwriter Michael McDowell's Blackwater Series, first published in 1983.
References
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 17, 2017.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "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 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.