Wheeler,_Virginia

Wheeler, Virginia

Wheeler, Virginia

Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Wheeler is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia. Wheeler is located along U.S. Route 58 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east-northeast of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. It is the southwesternmost populated place in Virginia. Wheeler is closer to nine different state capitols (Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, North Carolina, Indiana, Alabama) than it is to the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, 407 miles away.

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History

The community was likely named for the Wheeler family of pioneer settlers.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeler, Virginia
  2. [2]
    Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.


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