Welcome to Polley ...
Polley is located in Taylor County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Polley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.
Polley is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Polley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Polley: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Polley ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Polley - it's located in British Columbia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Polley.
Communities near Polley ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Polley.
- Stanley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Thorp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Cornell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Owen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
- Owen is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Owen
- From Polley to Owen
- Boyd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Withee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withee
- Withee is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Withee
- From Polley to Withee
- Estella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Estella. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estella
- Estella is located in Chippewa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Estella
- From Polley to Estella
- Sheldon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Lublin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Eadsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadsville
- Eadsville is located in Clark County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Eadsville
- From Polley to Eadsville
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 Polley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Polley.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Polley. 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 Polley.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Polley. See our Newspapers Page for Polley.
Adding Polley to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Polley 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 Polley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Polley post office opened in 1907.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Polley.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Polley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Taylor County: www.taylor-county.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 Taylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Polley - 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 Polley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Polley 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/ |