Do you know of Welch ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Welch. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Welch.<1>

We found mention of Welch as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Welch ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Welch.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Welch is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Chambers County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Welch [Chambers County].
- Arkansas
  - Montgomery County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Welch [Montgomery County].
- California
  - San Joaquin County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Welch [San Joaquin County].
- Georgia
  - Towns County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Welch [Towns County].
- Michigan
  - Mackinac County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Welch [Mackinac County].
  - Ogemaw County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Welch [Ogemaw County].
- Minnesota
  - Goodhue County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Welch [Goodhue County].
- Mississippi
  - Covington County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Welch [Covington County].
- Missouri
  - Monroe County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Welch [Monroe County].
- Montana
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Welch [Jefferson County].
- Nebraska
  - Knox County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Welch [Knox County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Welch.
- North Carolina
  - Chowan County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Welch [Chowan County].
  - Graham County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Welch [Graham County].
- Oklahoma
  - Craig County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Welch [Craig County].
- Texas
  - Dawson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Welch [Dawson County].
- Washington
  - Spokane County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Welch [Spokane County].
- West Virginia
  - McDowell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Welch [McDowell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Welch ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Welch:

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Welch.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/82096 (Place Name: Welch)

County: Somerset (FIPS State/County: 42/111)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Welch) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Somerset County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Somerset County.

Footnotes ...

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This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Welch could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.