Editing Wellsville, Kansas

{{Short description|City in Franklin County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Wellsville, Kansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]

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|image_skyline            = Wellsville, KS.jpg
|image_caption            = Downtown (2022)
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|image_map                = Franklin_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Wellsville_Highlighted.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin County]] and [[Kansas]]
|image_map1               = Map of Franklin Co, Ks, USA.png
|map_caption1             = [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] map of [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin County]] ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|legend]])

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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Kansas]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Kansas|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Kansas|Township]]
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|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1870
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        = 1870
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = 1884
|named_for                = D.L. Wells

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|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.42
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.41
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|area_total_km2           = 3.67
|area_land_km2            = 3.65
|area_water_km2           = 0.03
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|elevation_ft             = 1056

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|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census-2020-Profile"/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 1953
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|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 66092
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 785|785]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 20-76625
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 2397253<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2397253}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.cityofwellsvilleks.org/|cityofwellsvilleks.org}}
}}

'''Wellsville''' is a city in [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref name=gnis/>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 1,953.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Wellsville, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2076625 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625162934/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2076625 |archive-date=June 25, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
Wellsville was [[plat]]ted in 1870.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n882 900]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n299 192]}}</ref>  The community was named after D.L. Wells, a railroad construction engineer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityofwellsvilleks.org/city_info.html|title=Wellsville Information}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JroyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hegFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6612%2C4399216 | title=What's in a name? Key elements of area history | work=Lawrence Journal-World | date=November 28, 1997 | access-date=28 April 2015 | author=Carpenter, Tim | pages=3B}}</ref>

The first post office in Wellsville was established in October 1870.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:FR |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009130410/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:FR |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>

On January 9, 1894,<ref>NY Clipper, Jan 20, 1894, p.740</ref> baseball star [[Charlie Bennett]] went hunting with pitcher [[John Clarkson]]. Bennett got off the train in Wellsville to speak to an acquaintance; when he tried to reboard, he slipped and fell under the train's wheels. Bennett lost both legs in the accident. He was fitted with artificial limbs but his baseball career was over; he lived until 1927.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.40|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.39|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-07-06}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 143
|1890= 392
|1900= 447
|1910= 648
|1920= 756
|1930= 709
|1940= 632
|1950= 729
|1960= 984
|1970= 1183
|1980= 1612
|1990= 1563
|2000= 1606
|2010= 1857
|2020= 1953
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|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-07-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,857 people, 722 households, and 500 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1336.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 780 housing units at an average density of {{convert|561.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 0.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.2% of the population.

There were 722 households, of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.7% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.02.

The median age in the city was 35.4 years. 27.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.3% were from 25 to 44; 22.6% were from 45 to 64; and 13.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 1,606 people, 636 households, and 435 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,917.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 666 housing units at an average density of {{convert|795.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.13% [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 0.19% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.50% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.06% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.06% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.75% of the population.

There were 636 households, out of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,456, and the median income for a family was $47,102. Males had a median income of $35,938 versus $25,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,215. About 7.9% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The community is served by [[Wellsville USD 289]] public school district, which operates three separate schools:
* Wellsville High School
* Wellsville Middle School
* Wellsville Elementary School

==Notable people==
* [[Bill Grigsby]], sportscaster.
* [[Elizabeth Layton|Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton]], artist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elizabethlayton.com/|title=elizabethlayton|website=Elizabeth "grandma" layton}}</ref>
* [[Barb Rankin]], lawyer and government official<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=22 December 2011 |title=Rankin Appointed Acting Kansas Transportation Secretary |url=https://www.tsp2.org/2012/01/10/rankin-appointed-acting-kansas-transportation-secretary/ |journal=AASHTO Journal |publisher=[[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]] |access-date=2025-02-10 |via=tsp2.org}}</ref>
* [[Mark Samsel]], Attorney and Republican Kansas House member.
* [[Chely Wright]], singer, [[Academy of Country Music]] award-winning artist.
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==References==
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==Further reading==
{{See also|Franklin County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Franklin County, Kansas}}

==External links==
* [https://www.cityofwellsvilleks.org/ City of Wellsville]
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/Default.asp?id=41261103 Wellsville - Directory of Public Officials]
* [https://www.wellsville-usd289.org/ USD 289], local school district
* [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/wellsville.pdf Wellsville city map], KDOT

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[[Category:Cities in Kansas]]
[[Category:Cities in Franklin County, Kansas]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1870]]
[[Category:1870 establishments in Kansas]]