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Welcome to Wheel ...

Wheel is located in Bedford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wheel, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Wheel is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Wheel: 931

Communities Also Named Wheel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Wheel - they are located in Kentucky and Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wheel.

Communities near Wheel ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wheel.

  • Shelbyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lewisburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Chapel Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Unionville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cornersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Trigg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trigg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
    • Trigg is located in Giles County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
  • Eagleville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Wartrace
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Philadelphia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
    • Philadelphia is located in Maury County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
  • Petersburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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 Wheel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wheel.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wheel. 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 Wheel.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wheel ...

Looking for more information about Wheel? 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 Wheel, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wheel.

Adding Wheel to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wheel in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Wheel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Wheel post office opened in 1888.

We also found Wheel in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wheel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Bedford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wheel - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/