Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana

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Wheeling
Unincorporated community
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Wheeling
Coordinates: 40°21′49″N85°27′51″W / 40.36361°N 85.46417°W / 40.36361; -85.46417
Country United States
State Indiana
County Delaware
Township Washington
Elevation
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879 ft (268 m)
ZIP code
47303
FIPS code 18-83636 [2]
GNIS feature ID445895 [1]

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

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History

The post office Wheeling once contained was originally called Cranberry. [3] The Cranberry post office was started in 1834, [4] renamed Wheeling in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Kemper, General William Harrison (1908). A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company. p.  100.
  4. ↑ 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...
  5. ↑ "Delaware County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 3, 2014.


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