Do you know of Wortley ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wortley. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Wortley.<1>

Our sources for Wortley (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Wortley other than they indicate that Wortley would be found somewhere in Woodson County, Kansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1894.

Communities Also Named Wortley ...

We found one communities that share the name Wortley.

Within Kansas, the name Wortley is unique.

Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Wortley in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Ohio
    • Muskingum County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wortley [Muskingum County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wortley ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wortley:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Wortley - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Woodson County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Woodson County.