Werley, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 43°01′10″N 90°45′55″W / 43.01944°N 90.76528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Grant |
Town | Mount Ida |
Elevation | 235 m (771 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 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]