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Welcome to Pera ...

Pera is located in Geneva County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pera, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Pera is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pera: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Pera ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Pera - they are located in Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Pera ...

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

  • Enterprise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Opp
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Opp is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opp <4>
  • Geneva
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elba
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Elba is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <4>
  • Florala
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Samson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Brockton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Paxton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Paxton is located in Walton County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 888 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paxton <4>
  • Babbie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Babbie is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
  • Kinston
    (7 miles [11.3 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 Pera. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pera.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pera. See our Newspapers Page for Pera.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pera ...

Looking for more information about Pera? 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 Pera, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pera.

Adding Pera to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pera 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 Pera was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pera post office opened in 1901. The Pera post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pera.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Geneva, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pera - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Pera area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Pera 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/