Welda is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Welda Township,

Anderson County, Kansas Anderson County is a County (United States), county located in East-Central Kansas, East Central Kansas, in the Central United States. Its county seat and most populous city is Garnett, Kansas, Garnett. As of the 2020 United States census, 202 ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 149.

History

Welda was

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ted in 1873, soon after the railroad was extended to that point in 1870. Its post office was established in 1874, probably named for

Welda Welda is a village and constituent community ''(stadtteil)'' of the town of Warburg, in the district of Höxter (district), Höxter in the east of the States of Germany, federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Welda has historically ...

in Germany. The railroad tracks in Welda have since been converted to a

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. The trail is part of the Prairie Spirit Trail State Park.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.79%, is water.

Demographics

Education

The community is served by

Garnett USD 365 Garnett USD 365 is a public unified school district headquartered in Garnett, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Garnett, Greeley, Westphalia, Welda, and nearby rural areas. History In 1971 voters in USD 365 de ...

public school district, and operates Mont Ida Elementary School in Welda and Anderson County Junior-Senior High School in Garnett. Welda schools were closed through school unification. The Welda High School mascot was Welda Pirates."Listless Wildcats Lose", The Manhattan Mercury, 7 June 1971, p.7.

References

External links

* Anderson County maps
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KDOT Census-designated places in Anderson County, Kansas {{AndersonCountyKS-geo-stub