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Welcome to Wilderville ...

Wilderville is located

Wilderville is located in Falls County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilderville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Wilderville is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Wilderville: 254

Communities Also Named Wilderville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Wilderville - they are located in Michigan and Oregon.

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

Communities near Wilderville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilderville ...

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

Adding Wilderville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wilderville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Wilderville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wilderville post office opened in 1874. The Wilderville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilderville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Falls, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilderville - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/