Werley, Wisconsin

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]

Werley, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Werley
Werley
Coordinates: 43°01′10″N 90°45′55″W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyGrant
TownMount Ida
Elevation
235 m (771 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)608
GNIS feature ID1577875[1]

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
  1. "Werley, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Werley populated place profile; hometown locator.com
  3. 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
  4. "Term: Werley [origin of place name]" Dictionary of Wisconsin History"
  5. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 137.



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