Welcome to Wildwood ...

Wildwood is located in Lane County<1>.

The location of Wildwood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wildwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Wildwood is 2,060 feet [628 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Wildwood lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Wildwood: (541) and (458)<4>

Communities Also Named Wildwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oregon communities named Wildwood: This one is located in Lane County and the other is located in Clackamas County.

Beyond Oregon, 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, Mississippi (5), Missouri (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (5), Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (3), 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.

• Cottage Grove
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
  • Cottage Grove is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,518 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottage Grove <5>
• Creswell
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creswell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
  • Creswell is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,540 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creswell <5>
• Oakridge
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
  • Oakridge is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,384 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakridge <5>
• Lowell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
  • Lowell is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <5>
• Westfir
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfir
  • Westfir is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westfir <5>
• Dorena ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorena
  • Dorena is located in Lane County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dorena <5>
• Culp Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp Creek
  • Culp Creek is located in Lane County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culp Creek <5>
• Dexter
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
  • Dexter is located in Lane County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <5>
• Saginaw
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
  • Saginaw is located in Lane County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saginaw <5>
• Trent
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent
  • Trent is located in Lane County

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wildwood ...

Looking for more information about Wildwood? 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, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wildwood post office opened in 1888.

We also found Wildwood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wildwood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wildwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lane County: www.lanecounty.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/