Wellsford, Kansas

Wellsford is an unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States.[1]

Wellsford, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Church in Wellsford (2006)
KDOT map of Kiowa County (legend)
Wellsford
Wellsford
Coordinates: 37.6166851°N 99.0287147°W / 37.6166851; -99.0287147[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyKiowa
Founded1880s
Incorporated?
Disincorporated1975
Elevation
[1]
2,116 ft (645 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
FIPS code20-76575 [1]
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 incorporated in the 1910s and recorded a population of 140 in 1920. The population steadily declined thereafter, and in the last census taken while Wellsford was incorporated, in 1970, the town's population was only 9.[3]

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 (37.6166851, -99.0287147).[1]

References
  1. "Wellsford, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. "1940 Census - Kansas" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

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


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