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Wheeler, Alabama Wheeler (also known as Wheeler Station) is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama, Lawrence County, Alabama, United States. Wheeler had a United States Postal Service, post office at one time, but it no long ...
, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Arkansas, an unincorporated community *
Wheeler, California Wheeler was a company town in Mendocino County, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Ari ...
, an unincorporated community *
Wheeler, Illinois Wheeler is a village in Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The population was 96 at the 2020 census. Geography Wheeler is located in western Jasper County. Illinois Route 33 passes through the north side of the village, leading southeast ...
, a village *
Wheeler, Indiana Wheeler is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in northern Union Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies along State Road 130, northwest of the city of Valparaiso. Although Wheeler is unincorporated, it had ...
, a census-designated place * Wheeler, Mississippi, an unincorporated community *
Wheeler, Nebraska Wheeler is a ghost town in Wheeler County, Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missou ...
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Wheeler, New York Wheeler is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 1,136 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Captain Silas Wheeler, an early settler. The Town of Wheeler is in the northern part of the county, north of B ...
, a town * Wheeler, Oregon (disambiguation) *
Wheeler, Texas Wheeler is a city in and the county seat of Wheeler County, Texas, United States, located on the eastern border of the Texas Panhandle. The population was last reported at 1,487 in the 2020 census. History Both the town of Wheeler and Wheeler ...
, a city *
Wheeler, Virginia Wheeler is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, Lee County, Virginia, United States. Wheeler is located along U.S. Route 58 in Virginia, U.S. Route 58, east-northeast of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. It is the s ...
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Wheeler, Washington Wheeler is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grant County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 74. The CDP is in the eastern part of the county, east of the center of Moses La ...
, a census-designated place * Wheeler, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *
Wheeler, Wisconsin Wheeler is a village in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Hay River. The population was 326 at the 2020 census. History The town is named after H. D. Wheeler, its first postmaster. The settlement had previously been called Lochi ...
, a village *
Wheeler County (disambiguation) Wheeler County is the name of several counties in the United States: * Wheeler County, Georgia * Wheeler County, Nebraska * Wheeler County, Oregon Wheeler County is a county in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the populati ...
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Wheeler Crest The Wheeler Crest or Wheeler Ridge is a ridge (geology), ridge in Mono County, California, Mono and Inyo County, California, Inyo Counties, California. The crest is long, and partially lies in the John Muir Wilderness. The ridge is bound on the w ...
or Ridge, a ridge in Mono and Inyo Counties, California *
Wheeler Dam Wheeler Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Lawrence County in Alabama. It is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the mid-1930s ...
, Alabama **
Wheeler Lake Wheeler Lake is located in the northern part of the state of Alabama in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a feder ...
, the lake created by the dam *
Wheeler Geologic Area The Wheeler Geologic Area is a highly eroded outcropping of layers of volcanic ash, located in the San Juan Mountains in southern Colorado, United States. It is about 10 miles east north-east of Creede. The ash is the result of eruptions from ...
, a protected area of Mineral County, Colorado * Wheeler Island, Connecticut * Wheeler Islands (West Virginia) *
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge (NWR) located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama. Named after Major General Joseph Wheeler, it was established to provide a habitat for wintering and migrating bi ...
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Wheeler Peak (disambiguation) Wheeler Peak may refer to the following United States summits: * Wheeler Peak, California, in the Sweetwater Mountains * Wheeler Peak (Mono County, California), on the Wheeler Crest * Wheeler Peak (Nevada) - highest summit of the Snake Range *Whe ...
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Wheeler Township (disambiguation) Wheeler Township may refer to the following places: * Wheeler Township, Van Buren County, Arkansas * Wheeler Township, Washington County, Arkansas Washington County is a regional economic, educational, and cultural hub in the Northwest Arkan ...


Elsewhere

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Cape Wheeler Wright Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet receding westward between Cape Little and Cape Wheeler along the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location Wright Inlet is on the Lassiter Coast of southern Palmer Land, opening onto the Weddell Se ...
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Wheeler Valley Saint Johns Range () is a crescent-shaped mountain range about long, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is bounded on the north by the Cotton Glacier, Miller Glacier and Debenham Glacier, and on the south by Victoria Valley and the Victoria Up ...
, Victoria Land, Antarctica *
Wheeler Island (Queensland) Wheeler Island is one of the middle islands of the Family Islands group within the locality of Dunk in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland. Australia. It is located approximately 15 km East of Tully Heads. The Aboriginal name for th ...
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Wheelers Bay Wheelers Bay is a small bay on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the east of Ventnor. It faces south-east towards the English Channel, its shoreline is in length. A section of the bay, to the side of the slipway, ...
, on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England *
Wheeler Street, Cambridge Wheeler Street is a street in central Cambridge, England.Wheeler Street
Cambridge Ci ...
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Wheeler Glacier Wheeler Glacier () is a glacier draining the north flank of Mount Fraser, flowing west-northwest for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarcti ...
, a glacier in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British overseas territory *
Abdul Kalam Island Dr. Abdul Kalam Island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, is an island off the coast of Odisha, India, approximately east of the state capital Bhubaneswar. The island was originally named after English commandant Lieutenant Hugh Wheeler. On ...
, India, formerly Wheeler Island * 31555 Wheeler, an asteroid


People

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Wheeler (given name) Wheeler is the given name of: People: * Wheeler R. Baker (born 1946), American politician * Wheeler Peckham Bloodgood (1871–1930), American lawyer * Wheeler H. Bristol (1818–1904), American engineer, railroad executive and politician * Wheeler ...


Military uses

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Wheeler Army Airfield Wheeler Army Airfield , also known as Wheeler Field and formerly as Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii. It is a National H ...
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Camp Wheeler Camp Wheeler was a United States Army base near Macon, Georgia. The camp was a staging location for many US Army units during World War I and World War II. It was named for Joseph Wheeler, a general in the Confederate States of America's Army and ...
, a former U.S. Army base near Macon, Georgia *
Operation Wheeler/Wallowa Operation Wheeler/Wallowa was a U.S. offensive operation during the Vietnam War, launched on 11 September 1967 as two separate operations and concluding in November 1968. Initially named as Operation Wheeler and Wallowa, this was merged in Novemb ...
, an American offensive during the Vietnam War * A nuclear device detonated in 1957 in Nevada, U.S., as part of
Operation Plumbbob Operation Plumbbob was a series of nuclear tests that were conducted between May 28 and October 7, 1957, at the Nevada Test Site, following ''Project 57'', and preceding '' Project 58/58A''. Background The operation consisted of 29 explosions ...


Schools

* Wheeler School, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. *
Wheeler High School (disambiguation) Wheeler High School may refer to: *Wheeler High School (Connecticut) — North Stonington, Connecticut *Wheeler High School (Indiana) — Valparaiso, Indiana *Wheeler High School (Fossil, Oregon) *Wheeler Central High School — Bartlet ...
, at least five schools in the U.S.


Transportation

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Wheeler Road Wheeler Road is a major highway in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia, traveling through the southeastern part of Columbia County and the northeastern part of Richmond County. For its entire length, it is an urban corridor o ...
, a road in Georgia, United States * Wheeler Airport, a private airport in Starke County, Indiana, United States * Wheeler (METRORail station), a train station in Houston, Texas, United States


Other uses

* Wheeler Bank, Manitou Springs, Colorado, United States *
Wheeler Block (disambiguation) Wheeler Block may refer to: * Wheeler Block (Denver, Colorado), a Denver Landmark The City and County of Denver has a formal historic designation program that establishes Denver landmarks. These are designated by ordinances of Denver's city cou ...
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Wheeler Centre The Wheeler Centre, originally Centre of Books, Writing and Ideas, is a literary and publishing centre founded as part of Melbourne's bid to be a Unesco Creative City of Literature, which designation it earned in 2008. It is named after its pa ...
, a literary and publishing centre in Melbourne, Australia * Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado, United States *
Wheeler Hall Wheeler Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California in the Classical Revival style. Home to the English department as well as the university's College Writing Programs department, it was na ...
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Wheeler baronets The Wheeler Baronetcy, of Woodhouse Eaves in the County of Leicester, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier ...
, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * ''Wheelers'' (novel), a 2000 novel by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen * Wheelers, the men with wheels in ''
Ozma of Oz ''Ozma of Oz'' was the third book of L. Frank Baum's List of Oz books, Oz series, published in 1907. Publication The full title of the first edition read ''Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Billina the Yellow ...
'' by L. Frank Baum * Dublin Wheelers, a cycling club based in Dublin, Ireland * An alternative term for a
wheelwright A wheelwright is a Artisan, craftsman who builds or repairs wooden wheels. The word is the combination of "wheel" and the word "wright" (which comes from the Old English word "''wryhta''", meaning a worker - as also in shipbuilding, shipwright ...
, used especially in the British Army * Wheeler Field (Virginia Beach), a proposed baseball park in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States *
A. H. Wheeler A. H. Wheeler & Co. Pvt. Ltd., commonly known as A. H. Wheeler or simply Wheeler, is an Indian bookstore chain. Co-founded by Émile Moreau, a French businessman in Prayagraj in 1877, it mainly operates from railway stations. A. H. Wheele ...
, an Indian bookstore chain


See also

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Wheeler House (disambiguation) Wheeler House or Wheeler Home or variations may refer to: United States ''(by state then city)'' * Wheeler House (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), National Register of Historic Places listings in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, listed on the U.S. National Regis ...
* Wheeler-Kenyon method, a method of archaeological excavation {{disambig, geo