Editing Wheaton, Minnesota (section)

==History==
[[File:20230509 - Traverse County Historical Society, exhibit displays, Wheaton, MN.jpg|thumb|left|Exhibit display at the Traverse County Historical Society Museum]]A post office called Wheaton has been in operation since 1884.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Traverse | title=Traverse County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref> Wheaton was designated county seat in 1886.<ref name="Upham 553">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n570 553]}}</ref> The city was named for Daniel Thompson Wheaton, a railroad surveyor.<ref name="Upham 553" /> One property in the city is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the [[Wheaton Depot]], built circa 1906.<ref>{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref>