Wheeler County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties W  Wheeler County  Adopted by TXGenWeb Wheeler County                Kaitlan Davidson

County Courthouse
Wheeler County Courthouse PO Box 465 Wheeler, TX 79096-0465 Phone: 806.826.5544 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1906, marriage, probate, court and land records from 1879; District Clerk has divorce records

History
Wheeler County was the first to be organized in the Panhandle area, and 14 other counties were attached to it for judicial purposes until 1881. Sweetwater was established in 1876 as a trading post.

Parent County
1876--Wheeler County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar. County seat: Wheeler

Neighboring Counties

 * Beckham County, Oklahoma
 * Collingsworth
 * Donley
 * Gray
 * Hemphill
 * Roberts
 * Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site

Vital Records

 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * Texas Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images] Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * TEXAS GenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county