Do you know of Wildwood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wildwood. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Wildwood.
Our sources for Wildwood (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Wildwood other than they indicate that Wildwood would be found somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 and closed in 1891.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Wildwood ...
We found 85 communities that share the name Wildwood.
There are two communities within Illinois that are also named Wildwood.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 83 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 83 communities, 81 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Wildwood.
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Wildwood.
- California
- Humboldt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Wildwood [Humboldt County].
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Wildwood [Los Angeles County].
- Santa Cruz County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Wildwood [Santa Cruz County].
- Sonoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Wildwood [Sonoma County].
- Trinity County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Wildwood [Trinity County].
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Wildwood [Jefferson County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Bartow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wildwood [Bartow County].
- Dade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wildwood [Dade County].
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wildwood [Liberty County].
- Paulding County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wildwood [Paulding County].
- Troup County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wildwood [Troup County].
- Indiana
- Grant County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wildwood [Grant County].
- Steuben County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wildwood [Steuben County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wildwood [Jefferson County].
- Louisiana
- Assumption Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wildwood [Assumption Parish].
- Catahoula Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wildwood [Catahoula Parish].
- De Soto Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wildwood [De Soto Parish].
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wildwood [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maine
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Wildwood [Somerset County].
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Charlevoix County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wildwood [Charlevoix County].
- Cheboygan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wildwood [Cheboygan County].
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wildwood [Crawford County].
- Emmet County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wildwood [Emmet County].
- Manistee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wildwood [Manistee County].
- Muskegon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wildwood [Muskegon County].
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wildwood [Van Buren County].
- Minnesota
- Koochiching County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Wildwood [Koochiching County].
- Mississippi
- Coahoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wildwood [Coahoma County].
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wildwood [Lee County].
- Leflore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wildwood [Leflore County].
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wildwood [Marion County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wildwood [Monroe County].
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Wildwood [Grafton County].
- New Jersey
- Cape May County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Wildwood [Cape May County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Carteret County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wildwood [Carteret County].
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wildwood [Lee County].
- Mecklenburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wildwood [Mecklenburg County].
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wildwood [Orange County].
- Wilson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wildwood [Wilson County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wildwood [Allegheny County].
- Huntingdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wildwood [Huntingdon County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wildwood [Union County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Wildwood.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Wildwood [Charleston County].
- Tennessee
- Blount County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wildwood [Blount County].
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wildwood [Carter County].
- Hamblen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wildwood [Hamblen County].
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wildwood [Putnam County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wildwood [Davis County].
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wildwood [Salt Lake County].
- Utah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wildwood [Utah County].
- Weber County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wildwood [Weber County].
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wildwood [Albemarle County].
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wildwood [Campbell County].
- Fairfax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wildwood [Fairfax County].
- Fluvanna County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wildwood [Fluvanna County].
- Henrico County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wildwood [Henrico County].
- Roanoke City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wildwood [Roanoke City].
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Wildwood [Saint Croix County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wildwood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wildwood:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Wildwood - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Wildwood.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/81646 (Place Name: Wildwood)
County: Cook (FIPS State/County: 17/031)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Wildwood) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.
More Orphans in Cook County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cook County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Wildwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |