Welcome to Alderley ...
Alderley is located in Dodge County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Alderley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.
Alderley is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Alderley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Alderley: 920 & 274<3>
Communities near Alderley ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alderley.
- Waukesha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukesha
- Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
- Brookfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
- Menomonee Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menomonee Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
- Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
- West Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- West Bend is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
- Watertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Germantown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germantown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Germantown is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
- Oconomowoc
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oconomowoc have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
- Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
- Hartford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
- Pewaukee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Richfield
(13 miles [20.9 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 Alderley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alderley.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alderley. 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 Alderley.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alderley. See our Newspapers Page for Alderley.
Adding Alderley to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Alderley 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 Alderley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Alderley post office opened in 1856.
We also found Alderley in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Alderley.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alderley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dodge County: www.co.dodge.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dodge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alderley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Alderley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Alderley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |