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Welcome to Wildwood ...So far, we found very little information about Wildwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Wildwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wildwood, please Contact Us. Wildwood would have been located within present day Sonoma County<2>. The location of Wildwood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Wildwood, 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 Wildwood is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Wildwood was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Wildwood once stood is in the (707) area code. Communities Also Named Wildwood ...While we believe that this Wildwood is located in Sonoma County, we know of another 4 California communities named Wildwood. Those communities are located in the following counties: Humboldt, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and Trinity County. Beyond California, there are 87 communities that are also named Wildwood - they are located in Alabama (2), Alberta, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (5), Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (4), Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan (7), Minnesota, Mississippi (5), Missouri (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (5), Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Utah (4), Virginia (6), Washington (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wildwood. Communities near Wildwood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wildwood.
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 Wildwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wildwood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wildwood. 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 Wildwood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wildwood. See our Newspapers Page for Wildwood. Adding Wildwood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wildwood 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 Wildwood was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Wildwood. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Sonoma County: www.sonoma-county.org/ The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/ Footnotes ...
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