Wellsford, Kansas

Wellsford is an unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States.

Wellsford, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Church in Wellsford (2006)
KDOT map of Kiowa County (legend)
Wellsford
Wellsford
Coordinates: 37°37′00″N 99°01′43″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyKiowa
Founded1880s
Incorporated?
Disincorporated1975
Elevation
2,116 ft (645 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
GNIS ID474264[1]

History

Wellsford had a post office from the 1880s until 1955.[2]

Previously, Wellsford was an incorporated city, but it disincorporated in 1975. Wellsford was the most recent Kansas town to be disincorporated until Treece was in 2012.

Today, the townsite contains a church and a historic one-room jailhouse from the late 1800s.

Geography

Wellsford is located at 37°37′00″N 99°01′43″W (37.616685, -99.028714).[3]

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References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

Further reading
See also: List of books about Kiowa County, Kansas



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