Official Name: | Wheeler, Virginia |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Wheeler |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lee |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1280 |
Coordinates: | 36.6219°N -83.5553°W |
Area Code: | 276 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1500308 |
Wheeler is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia. Wheeler is located along U.S. Route 58 6.5miles east-northeast of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. It is the southwesternmost populated place in Virginia. Wheeler is closer to nine different state capitols (Frankfort, Nashville, Charleston, Atlanta, Columbia, Columbus, Raleigh, Indianapolis, and Montgomery) than it is to the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, 414 miles away. It is also closer to both Memphis and Savannah than it is to both Alexandria and Norfolk.
The community was likely named for the Wheeler family of pioneer settlers.[1]