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Welcome to Welchville ...

Welchville is located in Oxford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Welchville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1842.

Welchville is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Welchville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Welchville: 207

Communities Also Named Welchville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Welchville - it's located in New Jersey.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Welchville.

Communities near Welchville ...

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

  • Lewiston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lewiston is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,226 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <3>
  • Auburn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,410 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <3>
  • Lisbon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lisbon is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,053 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisbon <3>
  • Gray
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Gray is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,297 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <3>
  • New Gloucester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Turner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Turner is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,878 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turner <3>
  • Poland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Poland is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,683 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <3>
  • Bridgton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Paris
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Paris is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
  • Sabattus
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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 Welchville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Welchville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Welchville. 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 Welchville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Welchville ...

Looking for more information about Welchville? 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 Welchville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Welchville.

Adding Welchville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Welchville 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 Welchville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Welchville post office opened in 1842. The Welchville post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Welchville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Oxford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Welchville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/