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Wildwood Wildwood is a city in Sumter County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,924 at the 2000 census. According to
the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the city had a population of
3,598. I. E. Barwick is
considered to have founded Wildwood in 1877, according to Wanton S. Webb's
History of Florida, which was published near the end of the nineteenth
century. Wildwood is located at the
juncture of Interstate 75, Florida's Turnpike, State Road 44, and US Highway 301. Because of its centralized location and easy access to both
coasts, it is often referred to as "The Crossroads of Florida". CSX railroad
also has a station located on Main Street in Wildwood. The station was also a stop along
Amtrak's national commuter route until 2004.
Today, the former
station is a CSX maintenance yard. In addition there is an abandoned railroad spur owned
by the Florida Midland
Railroad that once led to Leesburg, but now runs along Sumter County Road 44A and
is the home for some abandoned freight cars, and Homeless people
galore. Wildwood was home to
Buddy's Bar-B-Que, a notable holdout against Florida's smoking ban, located on US 301. It received moderate local media attention in July 2004, due to a
10-foot long, 5-foot tall, fiberglass pig attached to the roof of the building. Formerly just decoration, it now
has a section of PVC pipe protruding from its rear end painted to resemble a cigarette. Attached to cooking smoke from inside, the restaurant's
slogan is "Home of the Smokin' Pig". Signs indoors state that smoking is
permitted, although donations are accepted to pay for smoking fines. Buddy's has
since closed. . Income & Housing Costs Numbers: Estimated median household income in 2008: $34,410 (it
was $23,357 in 2000)
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