Wilder Village Historic District
- Vicinity: Portions of Norwich, Passumpsic, and Horseshoe Aves, Chestnut, Gillette, Fern, Hawthorn, Locust and Division Sts
Wilder is one of five villages in the Town of Hartford and is located on the banks of the Connecticut River in the northeast part of town. It is named for mill owner Charles Wilder who, along with his brother Herbert, owned Olcott Falls Company, a paper mill in the 1880s. When Charles died in 1897, he left the Town $12,000 to build a bridge over the Connecticut River providing the village name was changed from Olcott Falls to Wilder. At the Hartford Town Meeting of 1898, voters unanimously approved the name change. - Historic Tour No 4, Town of Hartford, Vermont