Wilder is a
home rule-class city in
Campbell County,
Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,035 at the
2010 census.
It is part of the
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area
The Cincinnati metropolitan area and also known as the Cincinnati Tri-State area, or Greater Cincinnati) is a metropolitan area centered on Cincinnati and including surrounding counties in the U.S. states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. The area ...
.
Geography
Wilder is located at (39.047304, −84.477377).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (2.89%) is water.
History
Wilder was once known as
Leitch's Station Leitch's Station was the first settlement in Campbell County, Kentucky, USA, now the City of Wilder, Kentucky on the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking River. It was located six miles south of the mouth of the Licking and was named for Major David Le ...
. It was the first settlement in Campbell County. The name Wilder dates back to a railroad station built in the mid-19th century for the
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway
The Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway was a 19th-century railway company in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It operated from 1877, when it absorbed the failed Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad, until 1881, when it was purchase ...
named Wilder station.
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church was built in 1858 by German immigrants. "Wilder Station" is now located on property owned by Newport Steel. It is the home of supposed
ghost
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...
ly hauntings at the
country music nightclub and
honky tonk,
Bobby Mackey's Music World
Bobby Mackey's Music World is a nightclub and honky tonk located in Wilder, Kentucky, Wilder, Kentucky, United States owned by country singer Bobby Mackey. Urban legends claim the nightclub is the site of hauntings, murders, and suicides; however, ...
, which has been called "the most haunted nightclub in America".
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 2,624 people, 1,162 households, and 743 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,200 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.51%
White, 2.29%
African American, 0.11%
Native American, 1.56%
Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 0.53% from
other races, and 0.99% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino
Latino or Latinos most often refers to:
* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 0.95% of the population.
There were 1,162 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.0% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 35.2% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $49,567, and the median income for a family was $65,089. Males had a median income of $42,380 versus $35,230 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $27,693. About 5.9% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.
References
External links
City of Wilder - Official Homepage
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Cities in Kentucky
Cities in Campbell County, Kentucky