[4] On January 1, 2024, Wheatland merged with the neighboring city of Hermitage after residents of both communities voted to approve the merger in November 2022.

[6] Additionally, Dr. John Mitcheltree, the pioneer physician of the entire Shenango valley during its early settling also resided in what would become Wheatland.

[12] This effort would see serious backlash from local residents, many of whom had moved to Wheatland for the sole purpose of being serviced by the Farrell School District, and a lawsuit ensued to instead have Wheatland be serviced by the West Middlesex Area School District.

[13] The suit eventually reached the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania where Judges Renée Cohn Jubelirer, Doris Smith-Ribner, and James Gardner Colins struck down the secession, keeping Wheaton in the Farrell district, on account that the petition to do so, which reported 50.4% of taxpayers in favor, misrepresented what a "taxpayer" entailed in 2006.

[16] In 2004 local politicians proposed the creation of Shenango Valley City, consisting of Wheatland, as well as Hermitage, Sharon, Farrell, and Sharpsville with the issue being put on the ballot in the form of a referendum.

[17] Then Governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell voiced support for the measure and would be joined by Kathleen McGinty, Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, and Dennis Yablonsky, Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development with the trio touring the region to urge for voters to pass the motion.

[20] On top of the lack of feasibility to continue to financially support the borough, one of the leading causes for annexation was Hermitage's more pro-business outlook.

[21] Wheatland Borough Council would have its last ever meeting on December 12, 2023, lasting just 10 minutes, councilors and six-year mayor Ronald Viglio reflected on their service to their community, and where joined with officials from Hermitage thanking them for "friendship and kindness" in the annexation process.

[22] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all land.