Wheeler Creek is a stream in southeast DeKalb County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Grindstone Creek.
The stream headwaters arise at 39°46′16″N 94°21′55″W / 39.7711111°N 94.3652778°W[1] approximately 1.5 miles north of Osborn. The stream flows to the northeast crossing under Missouri Route 33 and turns to the east and southeast reaching its confluence with Grindstone Creek four miles east-northeast of its origin at 39°46′52″N 94°17′17″W / 39.781112°N 94.288004°W.[1] The confluence is adjacent to Missouri Route C 3.5 miles northwest of Cameron.[2]
Wheeler Creek, historically known as "Wheeler Branch", most likely was named after G. F. Wheeler, an early settler.[3]
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edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeler Creek (Grindstone Creek tributary)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 20 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "DeKalb County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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