Perdido, also known as Perdido Station, is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

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in Baldwin County,

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, United States. Perdido is located along County Route 61, northeast of

Bay Minette Bay Minette is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 8,044. History In the first days of Baldwin County, the town of McIntosh Bluff (now in Mobile Count ...

. Perdido has a

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with ZIP code 36562. It has an elementary school, Perdido School, which is part of the Baldwin County Board of Education.

Demographics

Notable people

Aimee Hall, "

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" cast member.

History

Perdido is named after the

Perdido River Perdido River, historically Rio Perdido (1763), is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida; the Perdido, a desig ...

. 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 and thrives into a major city between the 1920s and the 1970s.

References

Unincorporated communities in Baldwin County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{BaldwinCountyAL-geo-stub