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Welcome to Viele ...

Viele is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Viele, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Viele is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Viele: 319

Communities near Viele ...

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

  • Fort Madison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Keokuk
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • West Burlington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamilton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hamilton is located in Hancock County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,673 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <3>
  • Kahoka
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Kahoka is located in Clark County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kahoka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,031 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kahoka <3>
  • Warsaw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Warsaw is located in Hancock County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <3>
  • Nauvoo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nauvoo is located in Hancock County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nauvoo <3>
  • West Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Danville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Danville is located in Des Moines County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
  • Dallas City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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 Viele. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Viele.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Viele. 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 Viele.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Viele ...

Looking for more information about Viele? 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 Viele, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Viele.

Adding Viele to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Viele 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 (so far) for Viele was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Viele post office opened in 1873. The Viele post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Viele.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Viele - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/