Do you know of Wellington ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wellington. 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 Wellington.

Our sources for Wellington (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Wellington other than they indicate that Wellington would be found somewhere in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1903.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Wellington ...

We found 36 communities that share the name Wellington.

Within South Dakota, the name Wellington is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 31 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Calhoun County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wellington [Calhoun County].
  • British Columbia
    • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Wellington.
  • Colorado
    • Larimer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Wellington [Larimer County].
  • Florida
    • Hillsborough County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Wellington [Hillsborough County].
    • Palm Beach County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Wellington [Palm Beach County].
  • Georgia
    • Fulton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wellington [Fulton County].
    • Muscogee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wellington [Muscogee County].
  • Illinois
    • Iroquois County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wellington [Iroquois County].
  • Indiana
    • Marion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wellington [Marion County].
  • Kansas
    • Sumner County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wellington [Sumner County].
  • Kentucky
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wellington [Jefferson County].
    • Menifee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wellington [Menifee County].
  • Louisiana
    • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wellington [East Baton Rouge Parish].
  • Maine
    • Piscataquis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Wellington [Piscataquis County].
  • Maryland
    • Anne Arundel County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Wellington [Anne Arundel County].
    • Somerset County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Wellington [Somerset County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Middlesex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Wellington [Middlesex County].
  • Michigan
    • Crawford County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wellington [Crawford County].
    • Gogebic County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wellington [Gogebic County].
  • Minnesota
    • Renville County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Wellington [Renville County].
  • Missouri
    • Lafayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Wellington [Lafayette County].
  • Nevada
    • Lyon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Wellington [Lyon County].
    • Nye County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Wellington [Nye County].
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Wellington.
  • Nova Scotia
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Wellington.
  • Ohio
    • Lorain County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wellington [Lorain County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Wellington.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Lehigh County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wellington [Lehigh County].
  • Prince Edward Island
    • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Wellington.
  • South Carolina
    • Aiken County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Wellington [Aiken County].
  • Texas
    • Collingsworth County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Wellington [Collingsworth County].
    • Harris County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Wellington [Harris County].
  • Utah
    • Carbon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wellington [Carbon County].
  • Virginia
    • Fairfax County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wellington [Fairfax County].
    • Prince William County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wellington [Prince William County].
  • West Virginia
    • Roane County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wellington [Roane County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wellington ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Wellington - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County.