Wilmer, Louisiana

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Wilmer Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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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.
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