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Welcome to Welona ...

Welona is located in Coosa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Welona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Welona is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Welona lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Welona: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Welona ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Welona.

  • Millbrook
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Clanton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Wetumpka
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Coosada
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Deatsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Eclectic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lightwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lightwood is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightwood
  • Pentonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pentonville is located in Coosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentonville

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Welona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Welona.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Welona. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welona.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Welona. See our Newspapers Page for Welona.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Welona ...

Looking for more information about Welona? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Welona, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Welona.

Adding Welona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Welona in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Welona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Welona post office opened in 1893. The Welona post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Welona.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Coosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Welona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Welona area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Welona area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/