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Wilkes, Portland, Oregon Wilkes is the northeasternmost neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, bordered on the north by the Columbia River and on the east by the city of Gresham. It adjoins the neighborhoods of Argay, Russell, and Hazelwood on the west, and Glenfair on t ...

, a US neighborhood * Wilkes County, Georgia * Wilkes County, North Carolina * Wilkes Basin, George V Land, Antarctica * Wilkes Station, Antarctica, a research station *

Battery Wilkes Battery Wilkes is a historic artillery battery located at West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1862, as a part of the western exterior defense line. It is a small earthen redoubt has a 10-foot-high parapet wall and a 15-foot-hig ...

, a historic artillery battery in West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina *

Wilkes Power Plant Frank M. Wilkes Power Plant is an 879 megawatt ( MW), natural gas power plant located northwest of Jefferson, Texas in Marion County, Texas. The plant began operations in 1964. All three units use natural gas shipped via pipeline. The power plan ...

, Jefferson, Texas, an electrical power station

Schools in the United States

* Wilkes University, Pennsylvania *

Wilkes Community College Wilkes Community College (WCC) is a public community college in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System and serves the people of Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties, and beyond. The college is best k ...

, Wilkesboro, North Carolina *

Wilkes Honors College The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College is an academic, residential college of Florida Atlantic University at the John D. MacArthur campus in Jupiter, Florida. The college opened in 1999 and offers a liberal arts education through the platform of a ...

, Florida

People

Wilkes (surname) Wilkes is a surname of English origin. Its origin is as a variant of the name William. At the time of the British Census of 188Wilkes Surname at Forebears its relative frequency was highest in Staffordshire (9.5 times the British average), followe ...

, people with the surname *

Wilkes Angel Wilkes Angel (February 26, 1817 Exeter, Otsego County, New York - February 1889) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was the son of William G. Angel and Emily P. (English) Angel (1790–1822). In 1833, he removed with h ...

(1817–1889), New York lawyer and politician *

Wilkes C. Robinson Wilkes Coleman Robinson (September 30, 1925 – May 11, 2015) was a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 1997. Biography Early life, military service, and education Born in Anniston, Alabama, Robinson was a U.S. Naval ...

(1925–2015), judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 1997

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* , several US Navy vessels *

Wilkes (horse) Wilkes was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who became a leading sire in Australia. He had two victories, over 1,500 metres in the Prix Sans Souci at Maisons-Laffitte and the 2,000 metres Prix Edgard de la Charm at Saint-Cloud, for 1,446,200 fr ...

(born 1952), Australian thoroughbred

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