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History · Wheeler

Wheeler’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Wheeler. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Wheeler is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi. Per the 2020 United States census, the population was 274. Its ZIP code is 38880.

Half of its homes were built before 1982.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wheeler yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Wheeler, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Wheeler is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wheeler has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Baldwyn Historic District in Baldwyn, 5.4 miles away.

Wheeler and the nearest listed places

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Baldwyn Historic DistrictDowntown Booneville Historic DistrictBaldwyn Medical GroupBrices Cross Roads National Battlefield SiteDr. Joseph M. Bynum HouseRienzi Commercial Historic District

Closest to Wheeler

Baldwyn Historic DistrictBaldwyn · District5.4miDowntown Booneville Historic DistrictBooneville · District5.5miBaldwyn Medical GroupBaldwyn · Building5.6miBrices Cross Roads National Battlefield SiteBaldwyn · Built 19298.9miDr. Joseph M. Bynum HouseRienzi · Built 187713mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Baldwyn Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Wheeler?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Wheeler’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Baldwyn📜 Booneville📜 Jumpertown📜 Marietta
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