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Community Description
Short Description: Isaac W. Barwick was 25 when he relocated from Georgia and set up a lumbering operation in the Wildwood area in 1877. The Lee family of Leesburg opened canals and waterways which made it possible to transport their products all the way to Bug Springs, a large spring near Okahumpka. In 1882, the Tropical Florida Railroad Company extended south from Ocala to Wildwood. The city was named long before there was any town. A telegraph construction engineer ran out of wire at this point and so notified his headquarters, heading his dispatch as "Wildwood." In the early years of this century the city hall was an eight-sided building called the Wigwam.
Population: 4,109
Year of Incorporation: 1889
Location: Central Florida
Tax Rate: 4.79
Taxes Levied (per capita): $101.53
Total Area: 3.35 square miles
City Hall: City of Wildwood
100 North Main St
Wildwood, FL 34785
352.330.1330; 352.330.1338 Fax
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Chamber of Commerce: Sumter County Chamber
223 N. Main St, PO Box 550
Bushnell, FL 33513
352.793.3099
Library: George Nichols Public Library
702 Webster St
Wildwood, FL 34785
352.748.1158
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Wildwood Inquiry:
| Q. | who is the Water Department Director in Wildwood Florida. | | A. | The Director of Water Utilities for the City of Wildwood is Bret Zigler and the phone number to contact Bret is 352.330.1346.
| | Q. | im concerned about my best friend that lives in wildwood,have not been able to contact her since the hurrican charlie hit,was this county involved in the by charlie and how much damage was done there and is there a death toll thank toy for any info you can give me on this matter 'm'
| | A. | I am certain there is nothing to worry about, FloridaView staff drove thru the Wildwood area today and saw no significant damage. Sumter County (Wildwood)was not as affected by Charley as was nearby Lake and Polk Counties. There are a few individual power and phone outages in some areas and they are being addressed quickly by Florida and Georgia utilities.
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