Wilmer, Alabama

History

Wilmer was named in honor of Richard Hooker Wilmer, the second bishop of Alabama in the Episcopal Church. A post office first opened under the name Wilmer in 1894. Wilmer's first mayor was Perry Walter Evans, who also founded Wilmer's fire department. 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.

Demographics

|align-fn=center Wilmer was an incorporated community, incorporating around 1970 (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.

Geography

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. The elevation is 249 ft.

Education

Mobile County Public School System operates public schools serving the area.

Elementary schools with Wilmer, Alabama addresses include: Wilmer Elementary School (serving the area formerly within the municipality), Turner Elementary School, and Tanner Williams Elementary School, Areas within these boundaries are zoned to Semmes Middle School and Mary G. Montgomery High School.

References

References

1. {{Cite GNIS. 129064. Feature Detail Report for: Wilmer (Mobile County, Alabama). January 8, 2013
2. "Wilmer, Alabama". Alabama Home Town Locator.
3. Foscue, Virginia. (1989). "Place Names in Alabama". The University of Alabama Press.
4. "Mobile County". Jim Forte Postal History.
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10. ''Semmes, AL,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
11. 1990 census map ([https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st01_Alabama/01097_Mobile/90B01097_000.pdf index]) has it on page [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st01_Alabama/01097_Mobile/90B01097_024.pdf 24] and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st01_Alabama/01097_Mobile/90B01097_025.pdf 25] - [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Retrieved on November 29, 2018.
12. [http://wilmer.mce.schoolinsites.com/ Home] {{Webarchive. link. (November 18, 2018 . Wilmer Elementary School. Retrieved on November 29, 2018. "7456 Wilmer Georgetown Road Wilmer, AL 36587" - Also "[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Wilmer%20Elementary.pdf Wilmer Elementary Zone]{{Dead link). (December 2025)
13. [http://turner.mce.schoolinsites.com/ Home] {{Webarchive. link. (August 23, 2018 . Turner Elementary School. Retrieved on November 29, 2018. "8361 Lott Road Wilmer, AL 36587" - "[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Turner%20Elementary.pdf Turner Attendance Zone]{{Dead link). (December 2025)
14. [http://tannerwilliams.mce.schoolinsites.com/ Home] {{Webarchive. link. (November 18, 2018 . Tanner Williams Elementary School. Retrieved on November 29, 2018. "13700 Tanner Williams Road Wilmer, AL 36587" - "[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Tanner%20Williams%20NEW.pdf Tanner Williams New Attendance Zone]{{Dead link). (December 2025). (December 2025)
15. "[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Semmes%20Middle.pdf Semmes Middle Attendance Zone]{{Dead link. (December 2025)
16. "[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Montgomery%20High%20School.pdf Montgomery High School Attendance Zone]{{Dead link. (February 2023)