Wheeler (also known as Wheeler Station) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Lawrence County,

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, United States. Wheeler had a

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at one time, but it no longer exists. Wheeler has two sites on the

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, the

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-type cottage known as Bride's Hill and the former home of

Joseph Wheeler Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was a military commander and politician of the Confederate States of America. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil ...

, Pond Spring.

Demographics

Wheeler Station appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated community of 114 residents. This was the only time it appeared on census records.

Geography

Wheeler is located in the

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valley, roughly south of

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. It is at and has an elevation of .

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Lawrence County, Alabama {{LawrenceCountyAL-geo-stub