Wheeler is a city in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.
It is named after Coleman Wheeler, who opened a sawmill in the town and had a lumber business; Coleman is a great-grandfather of Ted Wheeler, who was mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 2017 to 2024.
[5][6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.52 square miles (1.35 km2), all of it land.
Wheeler barge was launched in the same year and sunk, with a loss of life, in 1901.
A Tillamook Observer article from September 1913 touts the town's founding, the riches of the Wheeler Lumber Company, and says the Union Fishermans Cooperative Packing Company was "employing only white labor".
40.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
35.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.