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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Wheeling, West Virginia/USA Settled in 1769 with a Delaware name weal‐ink said to mean ‘(Place of the) Head’ or ‘Skull’, a reference to the decapitation of a group of settlers or at least the display of a human head on a pole.

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wheeling

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Wheeling village board.(Neighbor) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/30/2005
	Wheeling's new village manager takes reins during time of imminent change.(News) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 9/20/2002
	Wheeling Township Committeemen.(Neighbor) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/14/2002