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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Millbrook is located in Autauga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,117 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millbrook <5>
- Clanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clanton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clanton
- Clanton is located in Chilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clanton <5>
- Wetumpka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetumpka
- Wetumpka is located in Elmore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,431 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wetumpka <5>
- Elmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Elmore is located in Elmore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmore <5>
- Coosada
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosada
- Coosada is located in Elmore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,315 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coosada <5>
- Deatsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deatsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville
- Deatsville is located in Elmore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deatsville <5>
- Eclectic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eclectic
- Eclectic is located in Elmore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eclectic <5>
- Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Rockford is located in Coosa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockford <5>
- Lightwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Pentonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pentonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentonville
- Pentonville is located in Coosa County
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 for Welona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Welona post office opened in 1893.
We also found Welona on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Welona.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Welona. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |