Official Name: | Wiley City, Washington |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Washington Yakima County#USA Washington |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Washington |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Yakima |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 403 |
Elevation Ft: | 1322 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Coordinates: | 46.5515°N -120.6492°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 98909 |
Area Code: | 509 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1512807 |
Wiley City is an unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located near the southwest city limits of Yakima.
In 1871, Hugh Wiley settled in the area now known as Wiley City.[3] The town was founded in 1910 on part of the property of James J. Wiley, son of Hugh Wiley.[4]
The Yakima Valley Transportation Company (YVT) built a railroad line connecting the town with Yakima in 1910.[5] YVT provided both electric interurban service and freight service to Wiley City, but passenger service was discontinued in 1935. Freight service continued until 1985, when the YVT itself was abandoned,[5] and the tracks were removed within a few years of the closure. Heritage trolley cars of the Yakima Interurban Lines Association carried tourists on the YVT tracks between Wiley City and Yakima from 1974 to 1985, mainly on summer weekends.[5]