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)
  • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
• Brookfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
• Menomonee Falls
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
• West Bend
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • West Bend is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
• Watertown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Watertown is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
• Germantown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Germantown is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
• Oconomowoc
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
• Hartford
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hartford is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
• Pewaukee
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people
• Richfield
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Richfield is located in Washington County
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  • Estimated population in 2015: 11,530 people

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

From that list, the Alderley post office opened in 1856. The Alderley post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alderley.