Wheeless, Oklahoma

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Wheeless, Oklahoma
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Wheeless (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°43′9″N102°53′40″W / 36.71917°N 102.89444°W / 36.71917; -102.89444 Coordinates: 36°43′9″N102°53′40″W / 36.71917°N 102.89444°W / 36.71917; -102.89444
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Cimarron
Elevation
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4,675 ft (1,425 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1100935 [1]

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]

Wheeless is on E0200Rd; [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 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeless, Oklahoma
  2. "Wheeless, Oklahoma". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  3. Camp Nichols, Wheeless, Oklahoma; National Park Service
  4. 1 2 "Wheeless, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Clayton Public Schools, NM to Wheeless, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  6. "Posted Route: Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 79. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  7. "Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico". SimpsonFamilyOKC. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  8. "Texhomex Bench Mark to Wheeless, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved January 1, 2021.


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