Editing Welsh, Louisiana (section)

==History==
Welsh was originally a homestead owned by Miles Welsh, a [[Pennsylvania]] man who went to Louisiana to seek a warmer climate for his health. He died in 1868, but his son Henry built a cabin on the current-day town site.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Jim |title=Welsh was way station in stage coach days |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-advertiser-history-of-welsh-l/55248716/ |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=The Daily Advertiser |date=28 October 1997 |pages=51}}</ref> The home sat along the main [[stagecoach]] route across south Louisiana, and Welsh's home and store was the primary stop for travelers between [[New Iberia]] and [[Texas]]. In 1880, Welsh donated right-of-way to the Louisiana Western Rail Road (later [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]]), which built a station.<ref name=":0" /> The town of Welsh was platted in 1880<ref name=":0" /> and incorporated on March 15, 1888,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.townofwelsh.com/#!about/cjg9|title=Welcome}}</ref> with Henry Welsh elected its first mayor a few months before his death that October. Initially part of the old Imperial Calcasieu Parish, in 1913 Welsh became part of the newly established Jefferson Davis Parish.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/jeffersondavis/history/welsh.txt|title=Welsh was way station in stage coach days|last=Bradshaw|first=Jim|date=June 2004|website=USGenWeb}}</ref>