Wheeler County is named for Royal Tyler Wheeler, who was the second Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Hemphill County
E – Roger Mills County, Oklahoma and Beckham County, Oklahoma
W – Gray County
Created: August 21, 1876 
County Seat:
Mobeetie 1876 – 1908
Wheeler 1908 – present
County Courthouse – Wheeler
Location: 401 South Main Street / East Oklahoma Avenue
Built: 1924 – 1925
Style: Classical Revival
Architect: E H Eads of Shamrock
Contractor: Hughes & Campbell
Description: The building faces west and is a three story red colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in the center of the city. The east front has a large porch with four columns rising to a header at the roof line. The recessed entrance on the first story is arched. The north and south sections has pediments at the roof line. The roof line is flat. On the southeast corner of courthouse square is the old jail built in 1909.
Note: The first courthouse was built in 1880. The second courthouse was built in 1888, was moved to Wheeler in 1908 and served until the present courthouse was constructed in 1925.
County Courthouse – Wheeler
Old County Jail
Photos taken 2014 and 2016