Wilmer, Louisiana

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Wilmer Louisiana
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Wilmer Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°48′51″N90°21′45″W / 30.81417°N 90.36250°W / 30.81417; -90.36250
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Tangipahoa
Elevation
65 ft (20 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 985
GNIS feature ID556445 [1]
FIPS code 22-82145

Wilmer is an unincorporated hamlet in the rural north of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] Wilmer is centered on the intersection of LA 10 and LA 1061.

The 1908 Dixie tornados killed four of the settlement's residents. [3]

Notes

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Wilmer LA". Google Maps. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  3. Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680–1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental Films. p. 713. ISBN   1-879362-03-1. See also List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks#1900–1919.