Wilmer is an

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Mobile County Mobile County ( ) is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the second most-populous county in the state after Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its po ...

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, United States.

History

Wilmer was named in honor of

Richard Hooker Wilmer Richard Hooker Wilmer (March 15, 1816 – June 14, 1900) was the second Bishop of Alabama in the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church. Richard Wilmer was the only bishop to be consecrated by the Episcopal Church in the Confederate St ...

, 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 sort period of time, in large part reportedly as part of a

speed trap Speed limits are enforced on most public roadways by authorities, with the purpose to improve driver compliance with speed limits. Methods used include roadside speed traps set up and operated by the police and automated roadside 'speed camera' ...

scheme to raise local revenues.

Demographics

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

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and near the Alabama-

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border. The community lies on U.S. Route 98 and is two miles northwest of

Big Creek Lake Big Creek Lake (or ''Converse Reservoir'') is a municipal reservoir which serves as the main source of drinking water for the city of Mobile, Alabama and its suburbs. It was formed by the damming of Big Creek, a tributary of the Escatawpa River in ...

. The elevation is .

Education

Mobile County Public School System Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) is a school district based in unincorporated Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The system currently serves areas of Mobile County, including the city of Mobile, with the exception of the cities o ...

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 Mary Gillen Montgomery High School is a high school in Semmes, Alabama, Semmes, Mobile County, Alabama, Mobile County, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1965, the school is part of the Mobile County Public School System and is one of the largest ...

.Montgomery High School Attendance Zone
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. Retrieved on November 29, 2018.

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Mobile County, Alabama Populated places disestablished in 1993 Populated coastal places in Alabama Former municipalities in Alabama{{Short description, Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States