WORTLEY Post Office
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			WORTLEY Post Office
 
	 On 16 January 1891, a postoffice was established in the home of 
John J. Smith in the northwest quarter of Section 25-24-14, in North 
township, a mile north and a half east of the Cope schoolhouse. This 
postoffice was given the name of Wortley and evidently had a small coverage 
as a postoffice, as the offices of Juse, Burt, Coloma and Finney were all 
nearby. The postoffice of Wortley was kept in the Smith home until
it was discontinued 31 October 1894, and papers sent to the postoffice of 
Coloma.
 
	 In November of 1894, after the postoffice of Wortley was closed, 
the following notice appeared in the Yates Center News: "The postmaster of 
Coloma requests us to say to those who have been getting their mail at 
Wortley that it would oblige him if they would communicate to him when they 
wished to receive their mail hereafter as the Wortley office has been 
discontinued."