Place:Wheeler, Nebraska, United States

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NameWheeler
Alt namesWheelersource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates41.917°N 98.533°W
Located inNebraska, United States     (1877 - )
See alsoGarfield, Nebraska, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Bartlett
Cumminsville
Ericson
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Wheeler County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 818. Its county seat is Bartlett. The county was formed in 1877 and organized in 1881. The county was named for Major Daniel H. Wheeler, longtime secretary of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Wheeler County is represented by the prefix 84 (it had the 84th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1877 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1890 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1917 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1917 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1917 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1917 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1880 644
1890 1,683
1900 1,362
1910 2,292
1920 2,531
1930 2,335
1940 2,170
1950 1,526
1960 1,297
1970 1,054
1980 1,060
1990 948

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~newheele/


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