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Wilderville, Texas

Coordinates: 31°06′17″N 96°52′59″W / 31.10472°N 96.88306°W / 31.10472; -96.88306
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Wilderville, Texas is an unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas, United States.[1] It is six miles southeast of Rosebud, located on FM 413.[2] In 2000, the population was 45.

History

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The area was first settled in the days after the Civil War, in the 1870s by the E. M. Wilder family, the namesake for the community. A post office operated in the town from 1874 to 1906.[3] Three hundred residents lived in the town in the early parts of the 20th century, when Wilderville had two churches, a school, steam gristmills, cotton gins, and a weekly newspaper. However it soon went into decline as the population reached a mere 10 residents by 1930. By 2000, the population had risen to 45 again, but only one store called Wilderville home.

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31°06′17″N 96°52′59″W / 31.10472°N 96.88306°W / 31.10472; -96.88306