Wilkes

Wilkes may refer to:

Places

• Wilkes, Portland, Oregon, a US neighborhood
• Wilkes County, Georgia
• Wilkes County, North Carolina
• Wilkes Basin, George V Land, Antarctica
• Wilkes Station, Antarctica, a research station
• Battery Wilkes, a historic artillery battery in West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina
• Wilkes Power Plant, Jefferson, Texas, an electrical power station

Schools in the United States

• Wilkes University, Pennsylvania
• Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, North Carolina
• Wilkes Honors College, Florida

People

• John Wilkes, English radical journalist and politician in the late 18th century.
• Wilkes (surname), other people with the surname
• Wilkes Angel (1817–1889), New York lawyer and politician
• 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) (born 1952), Australian thoroughbred

See also

• Wilk
• Wilken
• Wilkens
• Wilkes Land, Antarctica
  • Clarie Coast, called Wilkes Coast in Australia
• Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a city
• Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
• Wilkes-Barre Variation, a chess opening
• Wilks (disambiguation)