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Wilder, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Wilder Post Office in 2010
Wilder Post Office in 2010
Wilder, Tennessee is located in Tennessee
Wilder, Tennessee
Wilder, Tennessee
Location in Tennessee
Wilder, Tennessee is located in the United States
Wilder, Tennessee
Wilder, Tennessee
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Fentress
Founded 1902
Founded by John T. Wilder
Named for John T. Wilder
Elevation
1,506 ft (459 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
38589
Area code(s) 931
GNIS feature ID 1274557

Wilder is an unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. The community is in the Cumberland Mountains near Cookeville, Tennessee.

Demographics

The community reached a population of 2,350 in 1924 as a coal-mining town with over 10,000 people living in the general area, but had declined to about 400 by 1957, and an estimated population of 249 in 2013.

Notable people

  • Bettye Fahrenkamp (1923–1991), Alaska state senator and educator, was born in Wilder.

Images for kids

  • Company Store Wilder Tennessee 1974

    Coal company store in 1974, after it had been gutted by fire

  • Abandoned cars wilder tennessee 1974

    Abandoned cars in Wilder, 1974

  • Flip coop store wilder tennessee 1974

    Flip Co-Op Store in Wilder next to the old company store, 1974

  • Post office wilder tennessee 1974

    Wilder Post Office in 1974

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