Wheeler
Wheeler is an unincorporated census-designated place in northern Union Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies along State Road 130, northwest of the city of Valparaiso.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 443 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Porter County, Indiana
- Also known as: “Wheeler, IN” and “Wheeler, Indiana”
- Postal code: 46393
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nike Missile Site C-47 and Wheeler High School.
Nike Missile Site C-47
Ruins
Nike Missile Site C-47 is a former missile site near Portage, Indiana. The Nike defense system was a Cold War-era missile system in the United States. Nike missiles were radar guided, supersonic antiaircraft missiles. Nike Missile Site C-47 is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wheeler.
Wheeler High School
School
Wheeler High School is a public high school located in Union Township, west of Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. The school is attached to Union Township Middle School and was previously located in Wheeler, Indiana. Wheeler High School is situated 2½ miles south of Wheeler.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Haven and Hobart.
South Haven
Town
South Haven is a census-designated place in Portage Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 5,282 at the 2010 census. South Haven is situated 3 miles northeast of Wheeler.
Hobart
Photo: Dennisyerger84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hobart is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,752 at the 2020 census, up from 29,059 in 2010. It has been historically primarily residential, though recent annexation has added a notable retail corridor to the city.
Portage
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Portage is a town in Northwestern Indiana. It's industrialized, but not quite as heavily as Gary to the west.
Wheeler
Latitude
41.51171° or 41° 30′ 42″ northLongitude
-87.1792° or 87° 10′ 45″ westPopulation
443Elevation
666 feet (203 metres)Open location code
86HJGR6C+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 153633070OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4928159Wikidata ID
Q9095869
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Wheeler” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wheeler”
- Cebuano: “Wheeler”
- Chechen: “Вилер”
- Chinese: “惠勒 (印地安納州)”
- Chinese: “惠勒”
- French: “Wheeler”
- German: “Wheeler”
- Gilaki: “ویلر (اينديانا)”
- Gilaki: “ویلر”
- Irish: “Wheeler”
- Italian: “Wheeler”
- Japanese: “ウィーラー”
- Ladin: “Wheeler”
- Persian: “ویلر، ایندیانا”
- Persian: “ویلر”
- Polish: “Wheeler”
- Serbian: “Wheeler”
- Serbian: “Вилер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wheeler, Indiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wheeler”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویلر، ایندیانا”
- Spanish: “Wheeler”
- Tatar: “Вилер”
- Ukrainian: “Вілер”
- Welsh: “Wheeler, Indiana”
- Welsh: “Wheeler”
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Notable Places Nearby
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