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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 Wheeler is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The community is approximately four miles northwest of Fayetteville and lies adjacent to the Clear Creek floodplain. History A post office A post o ...
, an unincorporated community *
Wheeler, California Wheeler was a company town in Mendocino County, California. Located southwest of Piercy, at an elevation of 43 feet (13 m), it was built adjacent to Jackass Creek for logging operations in 1948 and survived until 1959. Sinkyone Wilderness St ...
, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Illinois, 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 has a ...
, a census-designated place *
Wheeler, Mississippi Wheeler is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the ...
, an unincorporated community *
Wheeler, Nebraska Wheeler is a ghost town in Wheeler County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missou ...
, a ghost town * Wheeler, New York, a town * Wheeler, Oregon (disambiguation) *
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 Coun ...
, a city *
Wheeler, Virginia Wheeler is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia. Wheeler is located along U.S. Route 58 U.S. Route 58 (US 58) is an east–west U.S. Highway that runs for from U.S. Route 25E just northwest of Harrogate, Tennessee, to U ...
, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Washington, a census-designated place * Wheeler, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Wisconsin, a village * Wheeler County (disambiguation) * Wheeler Crest 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-1930 ...
, 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 ...
, the lake created by the dam * Wheeler Geologic Area, 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 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 winterin ...
, 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, ...
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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 * Wheeler Township, Lyon County, Iowa * Wheeler Township, Sac County, Iowa * Wheeler Township, Grati ...


Elsewhere

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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 An ...
, 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 ...
, 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 ...
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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, 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 Pl ...
, 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 (given name)


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 Histo ...
, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. *
Camp Wheeler Camp Wheeler was a United States Army base near Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast ...
, a former U.S. Army base near Macon, Georgia * Operation Wheeler/Wallowa, 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 explosio ...


Schools

* Wheeler School, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. * Wheeler High School (disambiguation), at least five schools in the U.S.


Transportation

* Wheeler Road, a road in Georgia, United States *
Wheeler Airport Wheeler Airport is a private use airport in Starke County, Indiana, United States. It is located six nautical miles (11  km) south of the central business district of Knox, Indiana, and was previously a public use airport. Facilit ...
, a private airport in Starke County, Indiana, United States * Wheeler (METRORail station), a train station in Houston, Texas, United States


Other uses

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Wheeler Bank Wheeler Bank is a historic building located on Manitou Avenue in Manitou Springs, Colorado built by Jerome B. Wheeler. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Over the course of its history, the building has been a financial institutio ...
, Manitou Springs, Colorado, United States * Wheeler Block (disambiguation) *
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, Aspen, Colorado, United States * Wheeler Hall, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley * Wheeler baronets, 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 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 or shaper of wood) as in shipbuilding ...
, used especially in the British Army * Wheeler Field (Virginia Beach), a planned baseball park due to open in 2016 at Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States * A. H. Wheeler, an Indian bookstore chain


See also

* Wheeler House (disambiguation) * Wheeler-Kenyon method, a method of archaeological excavation {{disambig, geo