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Welcome to Waverly Junction ...

Waverly Junction is located in Bremer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waverly Junction, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Waverly Junction: Waverly Jct. (or less commonly used: Waverly Jctn.)

Waverly Junction is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Waverly Junction: 319

Communities near Waverly Junction ...

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

  • Waterloo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Falls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Waverly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Evansdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hudson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hudson is located in Black Hawk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,473 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <3>
  • Parkersburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Denver
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Nashua
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Nashua is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <3>
  • Tripoli
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarksville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waverly Junction ...

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

Adding Waverly Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Waverly Junction 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 Waverly Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Waverly Junction post office opened in 1892. The Waverly Junction post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waverly Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Bremer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waverly Junction - 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/