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Welcome to Welsh ...

Welsh is located in Meigs County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Welsh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Welsh is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Welsh: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Welsh ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Welsh - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana (2), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Welsh ...

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

  • Athens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Wellston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Middleport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pomeroy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • McArthur
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • New Haven
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Chauncey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Mason
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mason is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <4>
  • Albany
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hamden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Welsh ...

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

Adding Welsh to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Welsh 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 Welsh was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Welsh post office opened in 1898. The Welsh post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Welsh.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Meigs, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Welsh - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Welsh area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Welsh 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/