Wheeler County, Texas Map

Reading the Wheeler County map

The outline on this map is Wheeler County's legal boundary as published in the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line files. At 914 square miles, the county is roughly the size of a square 30 miles on each side — a typical size for a Texas county. Where the border is a ruler-straight line, it was set by survey; where it wiggles, it usually follows a river, creek or old land grant.

The red marker shows Wheeler, the county seat, and the highlighted shapes in the schematic view are the bordering counties. Use the layer switcher to change between street, satellite and terrain backgrounds: satellite is best for seeing farmland and development patterns, while terrain shows hills, valleys and river corridors.

What surrounds Wheeler County

Moving around the compass, Wheeler County borders Hemphill to the north; Collingsworth to the south; Gray to the west. It also lies on the Texas state line, bordering Oklahoma.

For travel planning, the nearest large cities are Amarillo (~89 mi), Wichita Falls (~144 mi), Lubbock (~155 mi). Distances are straight-line from the county's center; driving distances are usually 15–30% longer depending on the road network.

Landscape of the Panhandle

The Texas Panhandle sits atop the High Plains, a nearly flat tableland cut by the Canadian River and the canyons of the Caprock. Wheat, grain sorghum, feedlots, wind energy and natural gas define the area, and winters here are the coldest in Texas.

How to use or print this map

To keep a copy, use the Download PDF button below the map: it saves a letter-size PDF of Wheeler County built from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 boundary files, showing neighboring counties and incorporated places. The Official TxDOT road map button downloads the Texas Department of Transportation county road mapbook. The Print map button opens a print-ready layout for paper printing. For a statewide view showing all 254 counties with their seats, use our free Texas map with counties and cities PDF.

Teachers often pair this map with the county's neighbors to practice cardinal directions, while genealogists use it to identify which neighboring courthouses may hold older records — many Texas counties were carved out of larger ones, and Wheeler County itself was formed from Bexar County.