Welcome to Gordo ...The town of Gordo is located in Pickens County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gordo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Gordo has a population of 1,606 people<2> (see below for details). Gordo is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Gordo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Gordo: 205 & 659<4> The ZIP code for Gordo: 35466<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Gordo had an population of 1,606 people. This is a decrease of 8.23% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.23% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Gordo had a population of 1,750 people (which is 8.86% of the total population of Pickens County). This makes Gordo the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Gordo represents 0.04% of the population of Alabama (which has 4,779,736 people), making it the state's 199th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,750 people, the population of Gordo increased 4.35% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,677 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Gordo. Communities near Gordo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gordo.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gordo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gordo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gordo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gordo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gordo. See our Newspapers Page for Gordo. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gordo ...Looking for more information about Gordo? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Gordo, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Gordo. Adding Gordo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gordo in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Gordo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gordo. Footnotes ...
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