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Wilder, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Wilder Post Office in 2010
Wilder Post Office in 2010
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Fentress
Elevation 1,506 ft (459 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP Code 38589
Area code(s) 931
GNIS feature ID 1274557

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.

  • Abandoned cars wilder tennessee 1974

    Abandoned cars in Wilder, 1974

  • Flip coop store wilder tennessee 1974

    Flip Co-Op Store in Wilder, 1974

  • Old coal company store wilder tennessee 1974

    Old coal company store in Wilder, 1974

  • Post office wilder tennessee 1974

    Wilder Post Office in 1974

Municipalities and communities of Fentress County, Tennessee, United States
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