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Wheelerwood, Iowa

Coordinates: 43°14′30″N 93°03′51″W / 43.24167°N 93.06417°W / 43.24167; -93.06417
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Wheelerwood, Iowa
Wheelerwood, Iowa is located in Iowa
Wheelerwood, Iowa
Wheelerwood, Iowa
Coordinates: 43°14′30″N 93°03′51″W / 43.24167°N 93.06417°W / 43.24167; -93.06417
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyCerro Gordo
Elevation
1,181 ft (360 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code641
GNIS feature ID464074[1]

Wheelerwood is an unincorporated community in Cerro Gordo County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]

History

Wheelerwood contained a post office from 1900 until 1906.[2] The community was named for J. S. Wheeler, a local landowner.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheelerwood, Iowa
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheelerwood Post Office (historical)
  3. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 138.