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Welcome to Wilder Park ...

Wilder Park is located in Jefferson County<1>.

Wilder Park is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wilder Park lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Wilder Park (for example, toward Troy (IN)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Wilder Park: 502

Communities Also Named Wilder Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wilder Park - it's located in Florida.

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

Communities near Wilder Park ...

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

  • Jeffersonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • New Albany
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jeffersontown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Clarksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Saint Matthews
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Washington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shepherdsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Lyndon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyndon is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,445 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyndon <3>
  • Hillview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillview is located in Bullitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
  • Sellersburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilder Park ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilder Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.