Wilmer is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
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
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.Semmes, AL, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982 The elevation is .
Education
Mobile County Public School System operates public schools serving the area.1990 census map (index) has it on page 24 and 25 - U.S. Census Bureau, Retrieved on November 29, 2018.
Elementary schools with Wilmer, Alabama addresses include: Wilmer Elementary School (serving the area formerly within the municipality),Home . Wilmer Elementary School. Retrieved on November 29, 2018. "7456 Wilmer Georgetown Road Wilmer, AL 36587" - Also "Wilmer Elementary Zone." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 29, 2018. Turner Elementary School,Home . Turner Elementary School. Retrieved on November 29, 2018. "8361 Lott Road Wilmer, AL 36587" - "Turner Attendance Zone." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 29, 2018. and Tanner Williams Elementary School,Home . Tanner Williams Elementary School. Retrieved on November 29, 2018. "13700 Tanner Williams Road Wilmer, AL 36587" - "Tanner Williams New Attendance Zone." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 29, 2018. Also: "Tanner Williams Old Attendance Zone." Areas within these boundaries are zoned to Semmes Middle School and Mary G. Montgomery High School."Semmes Middle Attendance Zone." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 29, 2018."Montgomery High School Attendance Zone." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 29, 2018.
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