Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°21′49″N 85°27′51″W / 40.36361°N 85.46417°W / 40.36361; -85.46417
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Wheeling
FIPS code
18-83636[2]
GNIS feature ID445895[1]

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

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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. . 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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