Werley, Wisconsin
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 Werley, Wisconsin
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| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Grant |
| Elevation | 771 ft (235 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 608 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1577875[1] |
Werley is an unincorporated community in the town of Mount Ida, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States, at latitude 43.019 and longitude -90.765, where Star Lane feeds into County Road K, roughly five miles west-northwest of Fennimore.[1][2]
There used to be a narrow gauge railway run by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway which ran nearby.[3]
Werley was named after local settler and legislator Gottlieb Wehrle, whose name was pronounced "Werley" by the local residents.[4] The community used to be called Climbing Rock.[5]
References
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- ↑ Werley populated place profile; hometown locator.com
- ↑ Hazen, Floyd Willard. Floyd Hazen's History of Werley, Wisconsin and the "Dinky Railroad", C & NW RY: An Anthology of the "Werley Nickel Plate" Fennimore, Wisconsin: Steven Hazen, 2003
- ↑ "Term: Werley [origin of place name]" Dictionary of Wisconsin History"
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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