Wheeler may refer to:
Places
United States
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Wheeler, Alabama, an unincorporated community
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wheeler, New York, a town
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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 ...
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Wheeler, Texas, a city
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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
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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 Lake ...
, a census-designated place
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wheeler Lake, the lake created by the dam
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Wheeler Geologic Area, a protected area of Mineral County, Colorado
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, near Decatur, Alabama
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Wheeler Peak (disambiguation)
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Wheeler Township (disambiguation)
Elsewhere
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Cape Wheeler, Palmer Land, Antarctica
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Wheeler Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica
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Wheeler Island (Queensland), Australia
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Wheelers Bay, on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England
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Wheeler Street, Cambridge, England
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Wheeler Glacier, a glacier in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British overseas territory
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Abdul Kalam Island, India, formerly Wheeler Island
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31555 Wheeler, an asteroid
People
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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
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Wheeler (given name)
Military uses
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Wheeler Army Airfield, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
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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
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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
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Wheeler School, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
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Wheeler High School (disambiguation), 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 of t ...
, a road in Georgia, United States
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Wheeler Airport, a private airport in Starke County, Indiana, United States
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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
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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 ...
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Wheeler Centre, a literary and publishing centre in Melbourne, Australia
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Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado, United States
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Wheeler Hall, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley
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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. 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
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''Wheelers'' (novel), a 2000 novel by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen
* Wheelers, the men with wheels in ''
Ozma of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum
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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, used especially in the British Army
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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
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A. H. Wheeler, 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 ...
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Wheeler-Kenyon method, a method of archaeological excavation
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