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 Coahoma 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 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Wildwood was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Wildwood still existed, it would have been in the (662) area code.

Communities Also Named Wildwood ...

While we believe that this Wildwood is located in Coahoma County, we know of another 4 Mississippi communities named Wildwood. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lee, Leflore, Marion and Monroe County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 87 communities that are also named Wildwood - they are located in Alabama (2), Alberta, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (5), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (5), Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (4), Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan (7), Minnesota, 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.

• Clarksdale
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
  • Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
• Helena - West Helena
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena - West Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
  • Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County (AR)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
• West Helena
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Helena
  • West Helena is located in Phillips County (AR)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Helena <5>
• Helena
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Helena is located in Phillips County (AR)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <5>
• Marks
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
  • Marks is located in Quitman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,408 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marks <5>
• Lambert
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
  • Lambert is located in Quitman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
• Jonestown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonestown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
  • Jonestown is located in Coahoma County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,070 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonestown <5>
• Friars Point
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friars Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
  • Friars Point is located in Coahoma County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
• Crenshaw
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crenshaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
  • Crenshaw is located in Panola County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crenshaw <5>
• Sledge
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
  • Sledge is located in Quitman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people

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 State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/