Welcome to Werley ...

Werley is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Werley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Werley is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Werley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Werley: 608 & 353<3>

Communities near Werley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Werley.

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Montfort
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Montfort is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
• Livingston
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Livingston is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
• 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

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 Werley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Werley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Werley. 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 Werley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Werley. See our Newspapers Page for Werley.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Werley ...

Looking for more information about Werley? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Werley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Werley.

Adding Werley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Werley 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 Werley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Werley post office opened in 1879. The Werley post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Werley.