Wheeless, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Wheeless is located in Oklahoma
Wheeless
Wheeless
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Wheeless is located in the United States
Wheeless
Wheeless
Wheeless (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°43′9″N 102°53′40″W / 36.71917°N 102.89444°W / 36.71917; -102.89444
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyCimarron
Elevation
[1]
4,675 ft (1,425 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1100935[1]

Wheeless is an unincorporated community in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States.[2] The post office was established February 12, 1907, and discontinued September 27, 1963. Nearby are the ruins of Camp Nichols, a military encampment on the Santa Fe Trail, which is a National Historic Landmark.[3]

Wheeless is on E0200 Road;[4] the New Mexico border is approximately six miles west.[5] The closest highway access points are east and then north to Oklahoma State Highway 325 at the curve where that road turns north after running west from Boise City,[4] or west and then south to the very short New Mexico State Road 410, which links to New Mexico State Road 406,[5] about two miles to the west.[6] The Texhomex bench mark, being the meeting point of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, is south-southwest of town.[7][8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeless, Oklahoma
  2. ^ "Wheeless, Oklahoma". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Camp Nichols, Wheeless, Oklahoma; National Park Service
  4. ^ a b "Wheeless, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Clayton Public Schools, NM to Wheeless, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Posted Route: Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 79. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico". SimpsonFamilyOKC. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "Texhomex Bench Mark to Wheeless, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved January 1, 2021.


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