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Welcome to Lake Purdy ...

Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Lake Purdy: Lk. Purdy

Lake Purdy is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lake Purdy lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lake Purdy: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Lake Purdy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lake Purdy - it's located in New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake Purdy.

Communities near Lake Purdy ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lake Purdy.

  • Birmingham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hoover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Alabaster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bessemer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Homewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pelham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Trussville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Helena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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 Lake Purdy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lake Purdy.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lake Purdy. 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 Lake Purdy.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Purdy ...

Looking for more information about Lake Purdy? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lake Purdy, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lake Purdy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake Purdy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Lake Purdy area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Lake Purdy area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.