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Places

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Wheaton, Illinois Wheaton is a suburban city in Milton and Winfield Townships and is the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois. It is located approximately west of Chicago. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 52,894, which was estimated ...
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Wheaton (Metra station) Wheaton is one of two stations on Metra's Union Pacific West Line, located in Wheaton, Illinois. The station is located at 402 Front Street. The station is away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the eastern terminus of the West Line. In Metra's ...
, a railroad station * Wheaton, Kansas, a city *
Wheaton, Maryland Wheaton is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, situated north of Washington, D.C. and northwest of downtown Silver Spring. Wheaton takes its name from Frank Wheaton (1833–1903), a career officer in the Unit ...
, a census-designated place ** Wheaton station, a Washington Metro rapid transit station *
Wheaton, Minnesota Wheaton is a city in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,460 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat. History A post office called Wheaton has been in operation since 1884. Wheaton was designated county seat in ...
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Wheaton Township, Barry County, Missouri Wheaton Township is one of twenty-five townships in Barry County, Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): ...
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Wheaton, Missouri Wheaton is a city in Wheaton Township, Barry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 696 at the 2010 census. History The Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad previously served the city and their Wheaton Depot was added to the Natio ...
, a city in the township * Wheaton, Wisconsin, a town ;Canada *
Wheaton Lake Wheaton Lake is a lake located on Vancouver Island west of Marble Peak on the south side of Buttle Lake in Strathcona Provincial Park. See also *List of lakes of British Columbia This is an incomplete list of lakes of British Columbia, a pr ...
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Wheaton Aston Wheaton Aston is a small village in Staffordshire, England about 9 miles south west of Stafford and 7 miles west of Cannock. It is located beside Bridge 19 of the Shropshire Union Canal. The civil parish is called Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton ...
, a village in Staffordshire


Businesses

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Wheaton Industries Wheaton Industries was a long-standing famous manufacturer of glassware and ceramics products in Millville, New Jersey, USA. A spin-off of the original firm (which returned to its pharmaceutical glass roots) adopted the name in 2006. Founded i ...
, manufacturer of glass and ceramic products in southern New Jersey *
Wheaton Science Products Wheaton Science Products is a subsidiary of Alcan based in Millville, New Jersey in the United States. The company manufactures glassware products for scientific and laboratory applications. The company was previously Wheaton Industries and wa ...
, a subsidiary of Alcan based in Millville, New Jersey, related to Wheaton Industries *
Wheaton World Wide Moving Wheaton World Wide Moving is a moving and storage company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, with more than 250 authorized agents. It handles household moving, corporate relocation, international shipping, military and government relocation and spe ...
, international moving and storage company in Indiana


Schools

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Wheaton Academy Wheaton Academy (WA) is a private, Christian, co-educational high school in West Chicago, Illinois, which was established as part of the Illinois Institute by a group of evangelical abolitionists in 1853. The Illinois Institute was reorganized int ...
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Wheaton College (Illinois) Wheaton College is a private Evangelical Christian liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois. It was founded by evangelical abolitionists in 1860. Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad and graduated one of Illinois' first ...
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Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton, Massachusetts. Wheaton was founded in 1834 as a female seminary. The trustees officially changed the name of the Wheaton Female Seminary to Wheaton College in 1912 after receiving ...
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Wheaton High School Wheaton High School is a U.S. four-year public high school in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located in the unincorporated Wheaton- Glenmont section of Montgomery County, near Silver Spring, about 5 miles north of Washington, D.C. The high ...
, Montgomery County, Maryland


People

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Wheaton (surname) Wheaton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Augustus Wheaton, abolitionist *David Wheaton, professional tennis player, writer, speaker, talk-show host *Frank Wheaton, American Civil War general * Frank K. Wheaton, perso ...
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Wheaton Chambers James Wheaton Chambers (October 13, 1887 – January 31, 1958) was an American actor during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. He appeared in more than 200 films and television series during his career. Early years Chambers was born on October 13, 18 ...
(1887-1958), American film and television actor


Other uses

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Wheaton v. Peters ''Wheaton v. Peters'', 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 591 (1834), was the first United States Supreme Court ruling on copyright. The case upheld the power of Congress to make a grant of copyright protection subject to conditions and rejected the doctrine of a ...
'', the first United States Supreme Court case on copyright law *'' Wheatons'', a unit of Twitter followers


See also

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Wheaton Aston Wheaton Aston is a small village in Staffordshire, England about 9 miles south west of Stafford and 7 miles west of Cannock. It is located beside Bridge 19 of the Shropshire Union Canal. The civil parish is called Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton ...
, Staffordshire, England {{disambiguation, geo, school