| Wilmer, Alabama | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Wilmer |
| Coordinates: | 30.8233°N -88.3614°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mobile |
| Elevation Ft: | 249 |
| Elevation M: | 76 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 36587 |
| Area Code: | 251 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
Wilmer is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.[1]
Wilmer was named in honor of Richard Hooker Wilmer, the second bishop of Alabama in the Episcopal Church.[2] A post office first opened under the name Wilmer in 1894.[3] Wilmer's first mayor was Perry Walter Evans, who also founded Wilmer's fire department.[4] 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.[5]
Wilmer was an incorporated community, incorporating around 1970[6] (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.[7]
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.[8] The elevation is 249feet.
Mobile County Public School System operates public schools serving the area.[9]
Elementary schools with Wilmer, Alabama addresses include: Wilmer Elementary School (serving the area formerly within the municipality),[10] Turner Elementary School,[11] and Tanner Williams Elementary School,[12] Areas within these boundaries are zoned to Semmes Middle School and Mary G. Montgomery High School.[13] [14]