Wheatland is a city in Hickory County, Missouri, United States.

[5] The village most likely was named after the retirement home of the fifteenth President of the United States, James Buchanan, who died June 1, 1868, at his home, called Wheatland, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

[6] Butterfield Overland Mail Route 1858-1861 Period on a Campbell's 1873 Map by Gregory Wadley.

[7] US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Original Surveys 1835 & 1845[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.61 square miles (1.58 km2), all land.

At the 2000 census there were 388 people in 192 households, including 105 families, in the city.

The racial makup of the city was 98.97% White, 0.52% Native American, 0.26% Asian, and 0.26% from two or more races.