Wildwood Tennessee Map

About Wildwood, Tennessee

Wildwood is a locality in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,157. The population density is 179.6 people per km². Wildwood is located at 35.7999°N, 83.8685°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 37814, 37601, 38501.

Wildwood anchors itself in a landscape where the earth rises and falls in long, deliberate swells of pasture and dense woodland. It lies 3.0 miles west-southwest of Cookeville, TN (from Cookeville, TN: bearing 244°T), and is situated 4.1 miles west of Putnam. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, pale shafts, illuminating the quiet passage of Hudgens Creek as it carves a path through the silt and stone nearby. The air here holds a consistent, earthy weight, carrying the scent of damp soil and drying timber that lingers long after the sun dips behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains. To the east, the terrain yields to the stillness of Cane Creek Lake & Park, where the water mirrors the shifting gray clouds and provides a singular point of focus for the local horizon.

Wildwood maintains a pace defined by the cycle of the seasons rather than the frantic demands of modern commerce. Historically, the land supported a modest agrarian existence, and traces of that patience remain in the fence lines and the weathered barns that dot the acreage toward Boyd Hollow. Economic life moves with a quiet, steady persistence, rooted in the stewardship of the land and the small-scale enterprises that keep the local pulse beating. Life in Wildwood is measured by the clarity of the morning light and the seasonal turn of the woods, a place where the geography dictates the rhythm of the day and the history is written in the quiet endurance of the soil itself.

About This Wildwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wildwood, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.799857, -83.868543. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Wildwood includes the ZIP code (37814, 37601, 38501), telephone area code (423, 865), county seat of Putnam County (Cookeville), and school district assignment (Blount County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.