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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeler, Arkansas
- ↑ Wheeler, AR, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1970 (1983 rev.)
- ↑ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 322.
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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