Wheeling, Carroll County, Indiana
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|blank_info = 18-83618{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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Wheeling is an unincorporated community in Carrollton Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
In Wheeling there existed a post office from the 1830s until the 1930s, under the name Carroll.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Carroll | title=Carroll County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 August 2014}}{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/346 346]|quote=...was platted in 1837 and first called Carroll, for Carroll County. A post office called Carrol...}}
References
{{Carroll County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Carroll County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana
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