Welcome to Ashley ...
Ashley is located in Marathon County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.
Ashley is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Ashley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Ashley: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Ashley ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Ashley - they are located in Delaware, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ashley.
Communities near Ashley ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ashley.
- Wausau
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stevens Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Weston is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,165 people
- Plover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Plover is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Kronenwetter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rothschild
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rothschild is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
- Mosinee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mosinee is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
- Schofield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Schofield is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
- Whiting
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Biron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 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 Ashley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ashley.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ashley. 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 Ashley.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashley. See our Newspapers Page for Ashley.
Adding Ashley to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Ashley 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 Ashley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Ashley post office opened in 1900. The Ashley post office closed in 1911.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashley.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Marathon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ashley - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Ashley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Ashley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |