Wellsford is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Kiowa County, Kansas
Kiowa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Greensburg. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,460. The county is named after the Kiowa tribe.
History
19th century
In ...
, United States.
It is located along
Highway 54.
History
Wellsford had a post office from the 1880s until 1955.
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.
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 (37.6166851, -99.0287147).
Notable people
*
Lloyd Stearman
Lloyd Carlton Stearman (October 26, 1898 – April 3, 1975) was an American aviator, aircraft designer, and early aviation entrepreneur.
Biography
Stearman was born in Wellsford, Kansas. From 1917 – 1918, he attended Kansas State Coll ...
, aircraft designer and early aviation entrepreneur
References
Further reading
External links
* Kiowa County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kiowa County, Kansas
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