Wheeler may refer to:

Places

United States

Wheeler, Alabama Wheeler (also known as Wheeler Station) is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama, United States. Wheeler had a post office at one time, but it no longer exists. Wheeler has two sites on the National Register of Historic Places, ...

, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, California, an unincorporated community *

Wheeler, Illinois Wheeler is a village in Jasper County, Illinois, Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The population was 147 at the 2010 census. Geography Wheeler is located in western Jasper County at (39.043804, -88.317342). Illinois Route 33 passes through ...

, a village * Wheeler, Indiana, a census-designated place * Wheeler, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Nebraska, a ghost town *

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 Ba ...

, a town *

Wheeler, Oregon (disambiguation) Wheeler, Oregon may refer to: * Wheeler, Tillamook County, Oregon Wheeler is a city in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The population was 414 at the 2010 census. It is named after Coleman Wheeler, who opened a sawmill in the town and ...

Wheeler, Texas Wheeler is a city, 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 1,592 in the 2010 census. History Both the town of Wheeler and Wheeler Count ...

, a city * Wheeler, Virginia, an unincorporated community *

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 Lake ...

, a census-designated place *

Wheeler, West Virginia Wheeler is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Wheeler is north of Webster Springs, West Virginia, Webster Springs. The community was named after Gallow ...

, an unincorporated community *

Wheeler, Wisconsin Wheeler is a village in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Hay River. The population was 348 at the 2010 census. History The town is named after H. D. Wheeler, its first postmaster. The settlement had previously been called Lochie ...

, 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, Texas {{Geodis, uscounty ...

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 as ...

, Alabama **

Wheeler Lake Wheeler Lake is located in the northern part of the state of Alabama in the United States, between Rogersville and Huntsville. Created by Wheeler Dam along the Tennessee River, it stretches from Wheeler Dam to Guntersville Dam. It is Alabama's s ...

, the lake created by the dam *

Wheeler Geologic Area The Wheeler Geologic Area is a highly eroded outcropping of layers of volcanic ash, in the La Garita Mountains of Mineral County, in southern Colorado in the western United States about 10 miles east north-east of Creede. The ash is the res ...

, a protected area of Mineral County, Colorado *

Wheeler Island, Connecticut The Thimble Islands is an archipelago consisting of small islands in Long Island Sound, located in and around the harbor of Stony Creek in the southeast corner of Branford, Connecticut. The islands are under the jurisdiction of the United Sta ...

Wheeler Islands (West Virginia) Wheeler Islands are bar islands in Fayette County, West Virginia (USA) on the Kanawha River. The islands lie to the south of Longacre and to the north of Boomer. See also *List of islands of West Virginia This is a list of islands of West V ...

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a 35,000 acre (142 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama. Named after Major General Joseph Wheeler, it was established to provide a habitat for wintering ...

, near Decatur, Alabama *

Wheeler Peak (disambiguation) Wheeler Peak may refer to the following United States summits: * Wheeler BM, a benchmark Nevada summit north-northwest of Wheeler Pass: * Wheeler Peak (Alaska) * Wheeler Peak, California, in the Sweetwater Mountains * Wheeler Peak (Mono County, ...

Wheeler Township (disambiguation) Wheeler Township may refer to the following places: * Wheeler Township, Van Buren County, Arkansas * Wheeler Township, Washington County, Arkansas * Wheeler Township, Lyon County, Iowa * Wheeler Township, Sac County, Iowa * Wheeler Township, Gratio ...

Elsewhere

Cape Wheeler Cape Wheeler () is an abrupt rock scarp rising to 460 metres, an Antarctic headland which forms the north side of the entrance to Wright Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. The cape was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Ant ...

, Palmer Land, Antarctica *

Wheeler Valley Wheeler Valley () is the ice-free hanging valley on the southwest side of Miller Glacier, immediately east of Mount Mahony in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is p ...

, 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 this i ...

, Australia *

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, i ...

, 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

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 Antarctic P ...

, a glacier in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British overseas territory *

Abdul Kalam Island __NOTOC__ 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 Whee ...

, India, formerly Wheeler Island * 31555 Wheeler, an asteroid

People

Wheeler (surname) Wheeler is a surname of English origin. It is an occupational name, originally describing one who makes or uses wheels. People * Allen Wheeler (born 1989), British airplane pilot * Albert H. Wheeler (1915–1994), American academic and politician * ...

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 * Wheel ...

Military uses

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 Honolulu County, Hawaii, City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of Oahu, O'ahu, ...

, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. *

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 Wheeler School is a private school located on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The school serves students from the preschool level through twelfth-grade. History Early history In 1889, an art school for girls was establ ...

, 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 — Bart ...

, at least five schools in the U.S.

Transportation

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 of t ...

, 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 co ...

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 pat ...

, a literary and publishing centre in Melbourne, Australia *

Wheeler Opera House The Wheeler Opera House is located at the corner of East Hyman Avenue and South Mill Street in Aspen, Colorado, Aspen, Colorado, United States. It is a stone building erected during the 1890s, from a design by Willoughby J. Edbrooke that blends ele ...

, 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, it was named for the philologist and university president Benjamin Ide Whee ...

, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley *

Wheeler baronets The Wheeler Baronetcy, of Woodhouse Eaves in the County of Leicester, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 February 1920 for the stockbroker and financier Arthur Wheeler. Wheeler baronets, of Woodhouse Eaves ...

, 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: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Billina the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People Too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein'', p ...

'' by L. Frank Baum *

Dublin Wheelers Dublin Wheelers is a cycling club operating from the northside of Dublin, Ireland since 1933. As of 2022, it is based in Santry. History The club was established in 1933 by a group of six friends on a weekend away cycling in Rostrevor, County ...

, a cycling club based in Dublin, Ireland * An alternative term for a

wheelwright A wheelwright is a 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 or shaper of wood) as in shipwright and arkw ...

, used especially in the British Army *

Wheeler Field (Virginia Beach) Wheeler Field was a proposed 5,000-seat baseball park in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was supposed to host the Virginia Beach Neptunes of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an unspecified team in a summer wooden-bat league, and a ju ...

, a planned baseball park due to open in 2016 at 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-owned company that owns a bookstore chain. Co-founded by Émile Moreau, a French businessman, T. K. Banerjee, an Indian businessman, and others, i ...

, an Indian bookstore chain