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Welcome to Wildwood Hills ...

Wildwood Hills is located in Lyon County<1>.

Wildwood Hills is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wildwood Hills lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wildwood Hills: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Wildwood Hills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Wildwood Hills - they are located in Maryland and Virginia.

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

Communities near Wildwood Hills ...

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

  • Princeton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cadiz
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Eddyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Calvert City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Calvert City is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
    • Calvert City has also been known as:
    • Calvert
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <4>
  • Kuttawa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fredonia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Grand Rivers
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Dycusburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
  • Carmack
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Carmack is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
  • Lamasco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lamasco is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wildwood Hills ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Lyon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wildwood Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Wildwood Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Wildwood Hills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.