Wheelock is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 759 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Eleazar Wheelock, the founder of Dartmouth College. Through a provision of the college dating to c. 1830, any full-time resident of Wheelock who is accepted as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College may attend the …Wheelock is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 759 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Eleazar Wheelock, the founder of Dartmouth College. Through a provision of the college dating to c. 1830, any full-time resident of Wheelock who is accepted as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College may attend the school entirely free of tuition. Between the 1890s and 2025, ten Wheelock Scholars attended Dartmouth College.