Wellsford, Kansas

Wellsford, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Church in Wellsford (2006)
KDOT map of Kiowa County (legend)
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Coordinates: 37.6166851°N 99.0287147°W / 37.6166851; -99.0287147[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Kiowa
Founded	1880s
Incorporated	?
Disincorporated	1975
Elevation [1]	2,116 ft (645 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	620
FIPS code	20-76575
GNIS ID	474264 [1]

Wellsford is an unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located along Highway 54.

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]

Notable people

• Lloyd Stearman, aircraft designer and early aviation entrepreneur

References

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

Further reading

See also: List of books about Kiowa County, Kansas

External links

• Kiowa County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT