Welcome to Wiley ...

So far, we found very little information about Wiley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wiley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wiley, please Contact Us.

Wiley would have been located within present day Darke County<2>.

The location of Wiley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wiley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Wiley is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Wiley was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Wiley ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.darkecountyohio.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Wiley, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Wiley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Wiley - they are located in Alabama (3), British Columbia, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Wiley ...

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

• Richmond
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Richmond is located in Wayne County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,239 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <5>
• Greenville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Greenville is located in Darke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,627 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <5>
• Eaton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
  • Eaton is located in Preble County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,124 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eaton <5>
• Brookville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
  • Brookville is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookville <5>
• Union City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
  • Union City is located in Randolph County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,385 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <5>
• Centerville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Centerville is located in Wayne County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,611 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <5>
• Arcanum
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcanum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcanum
  • Arcanum is located in Darke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,004 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcanum <5>
• Lewisburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
  • Lewisburg is located in Preble County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,751 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisburg <5>
• Union City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
  • Union City is located in Darke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
• New Paris
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paris
  • New Paris is located in Preble County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Paris <5>

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

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

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

Adding Wiley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wiley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Wiley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wiley post office opened in 1882.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wiley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Darke County: www.co.darke.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/