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Wheeler
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city in and county seat of Wheeler County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Wheeler
- Total
- 1.53 sq mi (3.96 km )
- Land
- 1.53 sq mi (3.96 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,507 ft (764 m)
- Density
- 973/sq mi (376/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-06:00 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-05:00 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 48-78208
- Website
- wheelertexas.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
HOME | Wheeler, Texas | Visit the Panhandle
Wheeler, Texas is easily accessible with Highway 83 and Highway 152 (an east and west connection between Amarillo, Texas and Oklahoma City.) This make Wheeler a Texas Panhandle unique find in Texas tourism.
wheelertexas.org →Vast wilderness and colorful history attracts the world's attention to the Panhandle of Texas. Historically, this land was settled by strong-willed, ingenious people who had the fortitude and grit to carve out an existence within the tough landscape. Residents often fought for their way of life, warding off natural and adversarial threats...tough, strong and with a steadfastness that remains today. Tom Britt came to Wheeler in 1913 with his parents. They raised livestock and camped out (chuck wagon, etc) when they gathered cattle.... Wheeler, TX had its real beginning in 1904 through the enterprise of two ranchers, Robert B. Rogers and J. E. Stanley, who surveyed the... Wheeler County is on the eastern edge of the Panhandle of Texas, along the Oklahoma border. Wheeler, the county seat, is three miles...
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Wheeler
- Population
- 1487
- Area
- 3.963877
- Elevation
- 764
- Official website
- wheelertexas.org
- Image
- Wheeler, TX, welcome sign IMG 6136.JPG
- Households
- 568
- Dialing code
- 806
Show 5 more facts
- postal code
- 79096
- Commons category
- Wheeler, Texas
- P8168
- Sparus aurata
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 24635
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Wheeler is a city in and the county seat of Wheeler County, Texas, United States, located on the eastern border of the Texas Panhandle. The population was last reported at 1,487 in the 2020 census.
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