Wheeless,_Oklahoma

Wheeless, Oklahoma

Wheeless, Oklahoma

Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States

Wheeless is an unincorporated community in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States.[2] The post office was established February 12, 1907, and discontinued September 27, 1963. Nearby are the ruins of Camp Nichols, a military encampment on the Santa Fe Trail, which is a National Historic Landmark.[3]

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Wheeless is on E0200 Road;[4] the New Mexico border is approximately six miles west.[5] The closest highway access points are east and then north to Oklahoma State Highway 325 at the curve where that road turns north after running west from Boise City,[4] or west and then south to the very short New Mexico State Road 410, which links to New Mexico State Road 406,[5] about two miles to the west.[6] The Texhomex bench mark, being the meeting point of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, is south-southwest of town.[7][8]

Notes

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeless, Oklahoma
  2. [2]
    "Wheeless, Oklahoma". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. [3]
    Camp Nichols, Wheeless, Oklahoma; National Park Service
  4. [4]
    "Wheeless, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Clayton Public Schools, NM to Wheeless, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Posted Route: Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 79. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico". SimpsonFamilyOKC. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Texhomex Bench Mark to Wheeless, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved January 1, 2021.


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