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Welcome to Wheeler Dam Village ...

Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Wheeler Dam Village: Wheeler Dam Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Wheeler Dam Village is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wheeler Dam Village lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wheeler Dam Village: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Wheeler Dam Village ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wheeler Dam Village.

  • Florence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Sheffield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Tuscumbia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Liberty Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
  • Rogersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
    • Former name for Rogersville:
    • Rodgersville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <4>
  • Town Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Killen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Joseph
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Florian
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wheeler Dam Village. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wheeler Dam Village.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wheeler Dam Village. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wheeler Dam Village.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wheeler Dam Village. See our Newspapers Page for Wheeler Dam Village.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wheeler Dam Village ...

Looking for more information about Wheeler Dam Village? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Wheeler Dam Village, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wheeler Dam Village.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wheeler Dam Village - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Wheeler Dam Village area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Wheeler Dam Village area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.