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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Werley (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Werley. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Werley is located in Grant County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Clayton (IA), Dubuque (IA), Jo Daviess (IL), Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Werley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Werley:
- Grant County (The home county of Werley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- Mount Ida
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Woodman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Fennimore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Boscobel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Millville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Stitzer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Preston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Patch Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patch Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Lancaster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Bloomington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Annaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Blue River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- Boydtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Wauzeka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Steuben
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Bridgeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Eastman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Petersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Bell Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Prairie du Chien
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
- Gays Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Charme
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Mount Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Soldiers Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Ferryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Cobb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Rewey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Edmund
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Linden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Avoca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Elk Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- Westport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Balmoral
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Boaz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Richland Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Sextonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Sabin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Lone Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Vernon County
- Readstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- Harpers Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Ion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Waterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Dalby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Marquette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McGregor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Guttenberg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Buena Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Garnavillo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Beulah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Osterdock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osterdock is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterdock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Watson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Clayton Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clayton Center is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Center
- Farmersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Farmersburg is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Dubuque County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- Waupeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waupeton is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupeton
- Balltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Old Balltown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Old Balltown is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Balltown
- Sherrill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rickardsville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Werley, see our County-by-County Page for Werley.
Cemeteries Near Werley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Werley.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Werley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Werley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Casler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Borah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosendale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brechler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hermitage Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boydtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Switzer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- German Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Werley had a population of 43 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Werley, with the one closest to Werley listed first.
- Mount Ida
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Woodman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Boydtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Fennimore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Lancaster Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lancaster Junction is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
- Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Boscobel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Millville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Stitzer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Preston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Lancaster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,700 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Steuben
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Annaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Westport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Werley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Werley.
Newspapers Published in Werley ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Werley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Werley, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Werley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Werley:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Dubuque County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Werley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Werley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |