Wellsford, Kansas | |
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 Church in Wellsford (2006) | |
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  Wellsford  Wellsford | |
| Coordinates: 37°37′00″N99°01′43″W / 37.6166851°N 99.0287147°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Kiowa |
| Founded | 1880s |
| Incorporated | ? |
| Disincorporated | 1975 |
| Elevation | 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]
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.
Wellsford is located at 37°37′00″N99°01′43″W / 37.6166851°N 99.0287147°W (37.6166851, -99.0287147). [1]
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