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Wilder, Tennessee

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Wilder, Tennessee
Wilder Post Office in 2010
Wilder Post Office in 2010
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyFentress
Elevation
1,506 ft (459 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
38589
Area code931
GNIS feature ID1274557[1]

Wilder is an unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. The town is in the Cumberland Mountains near Cookeville, Tennessee. It reached a population of more than 20,000 as a mining town in the 1920s, but had declined to an estimated population of 249 by 2013.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 January 2015.