Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana

This article is about the community in Delaware County, Indiana. For the community in Carroll County, see Wheeling, Carroll County, Indiana. For the community in Gibson County, see Wheeling, Gibson County, Indiana. Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Wheeling
Unincorporated community

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Coordinates: 40°21′49″N 85°27′51″W / 40.36361°N 85.46417°W / 40.36361; -85.46417
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Delaware
Township	Washington
Elevation	879 ft (268 m)
ZIP code	47303
FIPS code	18-83636
GNIS feature ID	445895

Wheeling is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Delaware County, Indiana.

History

The post office Wheeling once contained was originally called Cranberry. The Cranberry post office was started in 1834, renamed Wheeling in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana
"U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
Kemper, General William Harrison (1908). A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 100.
Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. A post office established here as Cranberry on January 17, 1834...
"Delaware County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Muncie
City	Muncie	Map of Indiana highlighting Delaware County
Towns	Albany‡ Chesterfield‡ Daleville Eaton Gaston Selma Yorktown
Townships	Center Delaware Hamilton Harrison Liberty Monroe Mount Pleasant Niles Perry Salem Union Washington
CDPs	Cowan Oakville Royerton Windsor‡
Other communities	Anthony Bethel Cammack Cross Roads DeSoto Granville Medford Mount Pleasant New Burlington Progress Reed Station Shideler Smithfield Stockport West Muncie Wheeling
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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