Wildwood, Missouri

Wildwood is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.

[4] Wildwood is the home of the Al Foster Trail,[5] and numerous other trails, parks, and reserves such as Rockwoods Reservation and Babler State Park.

[6] Wildwood is bounded to the north by Chesterfield; on the east by Clarkson Valley and Ellisville; to the south by Eureka and Pacific; and on the west by Franklin County.

[7] The 2020 United States census[8] counted 35,417 people, 12,655 households, and 10,730 families in Wildwood.

There were 13,043 housing units at an average density of 195.6 per square mile (75.5/km2).

Of all households, 12.8% consisted of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

At the 2010 census there were 35,517 people, 12,112 households, and 10,153 families living in the city.

There were 12,604 housing units at an average density of 189.8 per square mile (73.3/km2).

There were 11,229 housing units at an average density of 170.1 per square mile (65.7/km2).

The Big Chief Restaurant is all that remains of a tourist complex that opened on U.S. Route 66 in 1928.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in 2003.

Pond School in Wildwood, MO
Big Chief Restaurant
Map of Missouri highlighting Saint Louis County