Perdido, Alabama


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

Demographics

Race / Ethnicity Pop 20202020
White alone 59180.96%
Black or African American alone 506.85%
Native American or Alaska Native alone 212.88%
Asian alone 00.00%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone 00.00%
Race and ethnicity in the United [States census|Other race] alone 10.14%
Mixed race or Multiracial 435.89%
Hispanic or Latino 243.29%
Total730 100.00%

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

History

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

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 into a thriving town between the 1920s and the 1970s.

Education

The school district is Baldwin County Public Schools.