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Welcome to Dudley ...

Dudley is located in Wapello County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dudley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

Dudley is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dudley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Dudley: 641

Communities Also Named Dudley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Dudley - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (2), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dudley.

Communities near Dudley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dudley.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dudley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dudley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dudley. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dudley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dudley. See our Newspapers Page for Dudley.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dudley ...

Looking for more information about Dudley? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dudley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dudley.

Adding Dudley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dudley in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dudley was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

We also found Dudley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dudley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Wapello, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dudley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.