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History · Wildwood

1 of Wildwood’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Carl Trundle Barn. Most of Wildwood was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1935 on.

1on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wildwood’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Wildwood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Wildwood, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wildwood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Wildwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blount County, Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,157. It is the location of Bethlehem Methodist Church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,098 to 1,157 (+5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Wildwood, 1888 to 1935

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Bank post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1912Post officeThe Bank post office closes
  5. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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On the map

Wildwood on the map, 1935 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wildwood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Wildwood on the 1935 USGS mapWildwood on the 1941 USGS mapWildwood on the 1953 USGS mapWildwood on the 1980 USGS map1935Wildwood sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wildwood.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Wildwood

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1989
Carl Trundle Barn
Carl Trundle Barn
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All 1 listings
Carl Trundle BarnBuilding · listed 1989

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Wildwood

Nobody well known was born in Wildwood itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Quentin TarantinoAmerican filmmaker and actor · b. 1963
Megan FoxAmerican actress and model · b. 1986
Christina HendricksBritish-American actress · b. 1975
Randy OrtonAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1980
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James AgeeAmerican author, journalist, poet, screenwriter… · b. 1909
Johnny KnoxvilleAmerican stunt performer and actor · b. 1971
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Bank, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bank
Gone or out of use
Porter High SchoolschoolWildwood Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Wildwood
Logans Chapel

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Wildwood’s history

What is on the National Register in Wildwood?

One place: the Carl Trundle Barn (listed 1989).

Memory lane

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.