Wilmer, Alabama | |
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  Wilmer  Wilmer | |
| Coordinates: 30°49′24″N088°21′41″W / 30.82333°N 88.36139°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Mobile |
| Elevation | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36587 |
| Area code | 251 |
| GNIS ID [1] | 129064 |
Wilmer is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. [1] [2]
Wilmer was named in honor of Richard Hooker Wilmer, the second bishop of Alabama in the Episcopal Church. [3] A post office first opened under the name Wilmer in 1894. [4] Wilmer's first mayor was Perry Walter Evans, who also founded Wilmer's fire department. [5] In the 1990's Wilmer gained notoriety for changing the local speed limit on six different occasions in a short period of time, in large part reportedly as part of a speed trap scheme to raise local revenues. [6]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1970 | 426 | — | |
| 1980 | 581 | 36.4% | |
| 1990 | 494 | −15.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census [7] | |||
Wilmer was an incorporated community, incorporating around 1970 [8] (though just after the census was taken, as it did not formally appear until the 1980 U.S. Census, with the 1970 population figure when it was still unincorporated). It formally disincorporated effective September 30, 1993. [9]
Wilmer is located in southwest Alabama northwest of Mobile and near the Alabama-Mississippi border. The community lies on U.S. Route 98 and is two miles northwest of Big Creek Lake. [10] The elevation is 249 feet (76 m). [1]
Mobile County Public School System operates public schools serving the area. [11]
Elementary schools with Wilmer, Alabama addresses include: Wilmer Elementary School (serving the area formerly within the municipality), [12] Turner Elementary School, [13] and Tanner Williams Elementary School, [14] Areas within these boundaries are zoned to Semmes Middle School and Mary G. Montgomery High School. [15] [16]
Mobile County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the third-most populous county in the state after Jefferson and Madison counties. As of the 2020 census, its population was 414,809. Its county seat is Mobile, which was founded as a deepwater port on the Mobile River. The only such port in Alabama, it has long been integral to the economy for providing access to inland waterways as well as the Gulf of Mexico.
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Prichard is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 19,322 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 18,870 in 2022. Prichard borders the north side of Mobile, as well as the Mobile suburbs of Chickasaw, Saraland, and the unincorporated sections of Eight Mile.
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