Wheeling is a ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Established in the early 19th century following the sale of the Chickasaw lands, Wheeling was a port on the Tombigbee River, located "a few miles below" the village of

Van Buren Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he ...

. Wheeling had a hotel and merchants, though "its life was very short", and Van Buren absorbed its businesses. The former settlement is today covered by forest, located on the east bank of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway.

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Former populated places in Itawamba County, Mississippi Former populated places in Mississippi {{US-ghost-town-stub