Place:Wheeler, Georgia, United States

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NameWheeler
Alt namesWheelersource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates32.117°N 82.75°W
Located inGeorgia, United States     (1912 - )
See alsoLaurens, Georgia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Montgomery, Georgia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Alamo
Avants
Erick
Glenwood
Jordan
Long Pond
Ochwalkee
Spring Hill
Stuckey
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Wheeler County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,421. The county seat is Alamo. The county is one of the most impoverished counties in the nation. The American Community Survey's 2009–2013 average reports that the county's per-capita income of $8,948 makes it the second-poorest county in the United States by this metric. The measurement however is misleading as Wheeler County is the site of Wheeler Correctional Facility, a large prison with a capacity of 3,028 prisoners, about 40 percent of the county's total population. Most prisoners have little income. The prison was opened in 1998 and the prison population may also account for the increased population of the county in the early 2000s.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1912 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1913 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1913 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1913 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1913 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1927 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1920 9,817
1930 9,149
1940 8,535
1950 6,712
1960 5,342
1970 4,596
1980 5,155
1990 4,903
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Wheeler County, Georgia, United States

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External links

www.angelfire.com/ga.wheelerc.html

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