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.<1>
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 King County, Washington.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1894 and closed in 1929.
Communities Also Named Wellington ...
We found 37 communities that share the name Wellington.
Within Washington, the name Wellington is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 32 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.<2> 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.<2> 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.<2> 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].
- South Dakota
- Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Wellington [Minnehaha 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].
- Alabama
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.<3>
Auto Trails Map of Washington (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in King 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 King County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Wellington 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |