Wheeling, MO - 64688
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 39° 47.146 W 093° 23.160
15S E 466948 N 4404051
Small town, and small post office. Clean and neat.
Waymark Code: WMJ9D6
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2013
Views: 1
County of P.O.: Livingston County
Location of P.O.: 104 Grant St. Wheeling
Phone Numbers: (660) 659-2102 (800) 275-8777
Full Service Hours:
Mon. thru Fri: 11:00 - 3:00
Saturday: 8:00 - 9:45
Sundays and Holidays: Closed
Some history of the town:
As much as 27 years before the town of Wheeling was started, part of the prairie had already been settled. In 1859 the Hannibal - St. Joseph railroad was built and towns sprang up all along the new railway. These railroad towns provided area customers with goods and services that had previously required many more miles of travel to obtain. The new town prospered and grew and their promoters made profits on the sale of supplies and services, and on the sale of town lots.
By 1893 the population had grown to over 250 and was expanding rapidly. A business for nearly every need and a market for farm products and produce were now located on Grant St. north of the railroad.
Wheeling modernization has included the addition of electricity in 1914, natural gas in 1954, modern fire equipment in 1960, dial telephones in 1961, and commercial water in 1965.
Wheeling will doubtless look quite different to its citizens of 2016 from the way it looks today, just as its present appearance and activities only faintly resemble those of 1866.
Type of structure:: Stand Alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 64688
Current Status:: Still in Use
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