Welcome to Finley ...
Finley is located in Juneau County<1>.
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The location of Finley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Finley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.
Finley is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Finley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Finley: 608 & 353<4>
Communities Also Named Finley ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Finley - they are located in Alabama, California, Kansas, Kentucky (2), New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Finley.
Communities near Finley ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Finley.
- Wisconsin Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Nekoosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Port Edwards
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Necedah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Pittsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Warrens
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Wyeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Sprague
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - New Miner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Mather
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
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 Finley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Finley.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Finley. 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 Finley.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Finley. See our Newspapers Page for Finley.
Adding Finley to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Finley 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 Finley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Finley post office opened in 1896.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Finley.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Finley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Juneau County: www.juneaucounty.com/
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 Juneau, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Finley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Finley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Finley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |