Welcome to Perdue ...

So far, we found very little information about Perdue. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Perdue to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Perdue, please Contact Us.

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Perdue would have been located within present day Chesterfield County<2>.

The location of Perdue has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perdue, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Perdue is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Perdue was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Perdue still existed, it would have been in the (804) area code.

Websites for Perdue ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chesterfieldchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Perdue, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Perdue ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Perdue - they are located in Alabama, Mississippi, Oregon, Saskatchewan and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Perdue ...

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

• Richmond
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Richmond is located in Richmond City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 232,226 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <5>
• Petersburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Petersburg is located in Petersburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,446 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <5>
• Hopewell
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Hopewell is located in Hopewell City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,375 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell <5>
• Colonial Heights
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
  • Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <5>
• Winterpock
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
  • Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
• Chesterfield Court House
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterfield Court House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Court House
  • Chesterfield Court House is located in Chesterfield County
• Otterdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
  • Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
• Beulah Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
  • Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
• Chester
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <5>
• Midlothian
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midlothian
  • Midlothian is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midlothian <5>

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

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

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

Adding Perdue to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Perdue in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Perdue was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Perdue on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perdue.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chesterfield County: www.co.chesterfield.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/