Wellsville

Wellsville is the name of several locations in the United States:

Wellsville, New York

Wellsville is a town in rural Allegany County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 7,397.

Wellsville is centrally located in the south half of the county, 8 miles (13 km) north of the Pennsylvania border. Wellsville is also the name of the main village within this town. The village and the town have two separate, paid governments. Alfred State College maintains a branch campus in the town, with the main campus in Alfred 7 miles (11 km) east.

History

The development of the Erie Railroad in 1851 helped grow the town, but more so the village.

In 2006, the residents of the Village of Wellsville defeated a referendum that would have dissolved the village and returned the community to the town.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.7 square miles (95.0 km²), of which 36.6 square miles (94.9 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²), or 0.10%, is water.

The Genesee River flows northward through the town.

Wellsville (Erie Railroad station)

Wellsville Erie Depot is a historic train station located at Wellsville in Allegany County, New York. It was constructed in 1911, for the Erie Railroad. It is a one story, 132-foot (40 m) by 33-foot (10 m) structure displaying elements of the Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival styles popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. It is located across the street from the US Post Office-Wellsville.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

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