Welsford is a small

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, located in Kings County. It is one of two communities in Nova Scotia named after Augustus Frederick Welsford, a Nova Scotian war hero in the

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, the other being Welsford, Pictou County (see the Welsford-Parker Monument). Nestled at the base of Nova Scotia's North Mountain, Welsford stretches along Route 221. Welsford is the birthplace of the entrepreneur Alfred Fuller, the "Fuller Brush Man"."Welsford", ''Place Names of Nova Scotia'', Nova scotia Archives and Records Management
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Welsford on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Kings County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{KingsNS-geo-stub