Wheeler County, Georgia

 

Founding: 1912
Parent county: Montgomery

Namesake: Joseph Wheeler, Georgia military commander
Seat: Alamo (1912–)

Land area: 295 square miles

Population (2020): 7,471

Population (historic): 9,817 (1920); 9,149 (1930); 8,535 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 246 (9.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 15.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 42.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 42.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $388
Average outbuilding value (1930): $186
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,476
Average farm size (1920): 45.1 acres
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Alamo

Namesake: The Battle of the Alamo, fought in 1836

Founding: 1890 (platting); 1890 (post office); 1909 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 771

Population (historic): 249 (1910); 563 (1920); 613 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1920; 1940s; 1970s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 59 (10.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Woodland / Walter McArthur Farm (c. 1877). 2735 State Route 19. Italianate.