Wildwood, Florida Wildwood, Florida Wildwood City Hall Wildwood City Hall Location in Sumter County and the state of Florida Location in Sumter County and the state of Florida Wildwood is a town/city in Sumter County, Florida, United States.
Enumeration Bureau's 2004 estimates, the town/city had a populace of 3,598.
Wildwood is positioned at 28 51 31 N 82 2 19 W (28.858610, -82.038499). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.4 [] (5.2 mi2), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,924 citizens , 1,640 homeholds, and 1,074 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 64.76% White, 32.93% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.97% from other competitions, and 1.10% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 22.3% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 18.4% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 33.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $23,357, and the median income for a family was $27,247.
About 17.3% of families and 21.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 39.6% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.
In April 2015, The Villages and their corporate representation petitioned the town/city of Wildwood with plans to build 785 new homes on County Road 466 - A, athwart from Pinellas Plaza.
Wildwood leaders rejected the expansion accomplishments citing concerns of the town/city losing its identity when it was to turn into overwhelmed by The Villages.
On April 27, 2015, The Villages formally withdrew their plans for expansion, indicating that the City of Wildwood officials made too many requests that would be a "disservice to our inhabitants and company partners." There are presently no known plans for further expansion of The Villages into the town/city of Wildwood at this time. Wildwood is positioned at the juncture of Interstate 75, Florida's Turnpike, State Road 44, and U.S.
For many years Wildwood was the northern control town/city on Turnpike road signs however this was replaced with Ocala, Florida beginning in 2007.
CSX barns also has a station positioned on Main Street in Wildwood.
In addition there is an abandoned barns spur owned by the Florida Midland Railroad that once led to Leesburg, but now runs along County Road 44 - A and was the home for some abandoned freight cars until some point in the first decade of the 21st Century.
In the 20th Century Wildwood was the dividing yard for the Seaboard Airline Railroad (Seaboard Coastline in later years) where southbound passenger trains were divided up into east coast (Miami) and west coast (Tampa and south) sections and northbound trains from both coasts joined together.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Municipalities and communities of Sumter County, Florida, United States
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