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Welcome to Wellford ...

Wellford is located in Kanawha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wellford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Wellford is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wellford: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Wellford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Wellford - they are located in Arkansas, South Carolina and Virginia.

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

Communities near Wellford ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wellford ...

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

Adding Wellford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wellford post office opened in 1889. The Wellford post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wellford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Kanawha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wellford - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Wellford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Wellford 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/