# Wilkes

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'''Wilkes''' may refer to:
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==Places==
* [Wilkes, Portland, Oregon](/source/Wilkes%2C_Portland%2C_Oregon), a US neighborhood
* [Wilkes County, Georgia](/source/Wilkes_County%2C_Georgia)
* [Wilkes County, North Carolina](/source/Wilkes_County%2C_North_Carolina)
* [Wilkes Basin](/source/Wilkes_Basin), George V Land, Antarctica
* [Wilkes Station](/source/Wilkes_Station), Antarctica, a research station
* [Battery Wilkes](/source/Battery_Wilkes), a historic artillery battery in West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina
* [Wilkes Power Plant](/source/Wilkes_Power_Plant), Jefferson, Texas, an electrical power station
* [Wilkes Island](/source/Wilkes_Island), islet of [Wake Island](/source/Wake_Island) in the Central Pacific.

==Schools in the United States==
* [Wilkes University](/source/Wilkes_University), Pennsylvania
* [Wilkes Community College](/source/Wilkes_Community_College), Wilkesboro, North Carolina
* [Wilkes Honors College](/source/Wilkes_Honors_College), Florida

==People==
* [John Wilkes](/source/John_Wilkes), English radical journalist and politician in the late 18th century.
* [Wilkes (surname)](/source/Wilkes_(surname)), other people with the surname
* [Wilkes Angel](/source/Wilkes_Angel) (1817–1889), New York lawyer and politician
* [Wilkes C. Robinson](/source/Wilkes_C._Robinson) (1925–2015), judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 1997

==Other uses==
* {{USS|Wilkes}}, several US Navy vessels
* [Wilkes (horse)](/source/Wilkes_(horse)) (born 1952), Australian thoroughbred

== See also ==
* [Wilk](/source/Wilk)
* [Wilken](/source/Wilken)
* [Wilkens](/source/Wilkens)
* [Wilkes Land](/source/Wilkes_Land), Antarctica
** [Clarie Coast](/source/Clarie_Coast), called Wilkes Coast in Australia
* [Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania](/source/Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania), a city
* [Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania](/source/Wilkes-Barre_Township%2C_Luzerne_County%2C_Pennsylvania)
* [Wilkes-Barre Variation](/source/Wilkes-Barre_Variation), a chess opening
* [Wilks (disambiguation)](/source/Wilks_(disambiguation))

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Category:Surnames derived from given names

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