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Ask McGehee: Who was Wilmer, Alabama, named after?
In 1894, a post office was established on the westernmost edge of Mobile County and named for the second Episcopal bishop of Alabama, Richard Hooker Wilmer (1816-1900). It is unclear what association the bishop had with that area since he had been a resident of Spring Hill for some 30 years at that point. That community would officially become a “city” in 1970 and vote to unincorporate in 1993 after earning the reputation of being one of the worst speed traps in the history of our state.
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