thumb|right|200px|Wheeler County Veterans Memorial
200px|right|thumb|[[Via, Veritas, Vita|John 14:6 sign along U.S. Route 66 in Wheeler County]]
Wheeler County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,990. Its county seat is Wheeler. The county was formed in 1876 and organized in 1879. It is named for Royall Tyler Wheeler, a chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Wheeler County was formerly one of 30 entirely dry counties in the state of Texas. However, circa 2010, the community of Shamrock, located in Wheeler County at the intersection of Interstate 40 and U.S. Highway 83, voted to allow liquor sales. Within the city limits of Shamrock is the only place to purchase liquor in Wheeler County.
The Pioneer West Museum, the Wheeler County historical museum, is located in Shamrock off U.S. Highway 83.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (0.1%) is covered by water.
Major highways
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Adjacent counties
- Hemphill County (north)
- Roger Mills County, Oklahoma (northeast)
- Beckham County, Oklahoma (east)
- Collingsworth County (south)
- Gray County (west)
- Donley County (southwest)
- Roberts County (northwest)