Do you know of Wheeler ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wheeler. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Wheeler.
Our sources for Wheeler (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Wheeler other than they indicate that Wheeler would be found somewhere in Pulaski County, Missouri.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1916.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Wheeler ...
We found 37 communities that share the name Wheeler.
Within Missouri, the name Wheeler is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 36 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wheeler [Jefferson County].
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wheeler [Lawrence County].
- Arkansas
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wheeler [Washington County].
- California
- Mendocino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Wheeler [Mendocino County].
- Colorado
- Garfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Wheeler [Garfield County].
- Gilpin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Wheeler [Gilpin County].
- Pitkin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Wheeler [Pitkin County].
- Summit County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Wheeler [Summit County].
- Georgia
- Gordon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wheeler [Gordon County].
- Illinois
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wheeler [Jasper County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Cheyenne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wheeler [Cheyenne County].
- Kentucky
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wheeler [Knox County].
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wheeler [Gratiot County].
- Oakland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wheeler [Oakland County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Prentiss County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wheeler [Prentiss County].
- Montana
- Valley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Wheeler [Valley County].
- Nebraska
- Wheeler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Wheeler [Wheeler County].
- New York
- Steuben County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wheeler [Steuben County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wheeler [Lake County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Crook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Wheeler [Crook County].
- Tillamook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Wheeler [Tillamook County].
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wheeler [Fayette County].
- Mercer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wheeler [Mercer County].
- South Dakota
- Charles Mix County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Wheeler [Charles Mix County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wheeler [Lee County].
- Washington
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Wheeler [Grant County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Wheeler [Dunn County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wheeler ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wheeler:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Wheeler - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Pulaski County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Pulaski County.
| Bailey | |
| Baldridge | Jury |
| Bellefonte | |
| Brownfield | Little Piney |
| DeBruin | Metcalf |
| Decker | Moab |
| Duke | |
| Dundas | Pine Bluff |
| Flynn | Saint Annie |
| Fort Leonard Wood | Schlicht |
| Fort Wood | |
| Francis | Tribune |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Wheeler could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |