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)
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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 [1]
GNIS ID	474264 [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]

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External links

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• Kiowa County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT