The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Wellman is named for Joseph Edward Wellman, who in July, 1879, provided 40 acres (160,000 m2) of his farmland for railroad construction including lots for development near the depot. Mr. Wellman was born in Lawrence County, Kentucky on 12 May 1824, acquired his farm in 1859, and died in Wellman on 14 January 1901.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Wellman’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wellman’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRose M. Dawson (Woman's Home Miss…, 1922: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Wellman
See all 1 →Wellman, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Wellman is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wellman has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pilotburg Church in Wellman, 3.9 miles away.
Wellman and the nearest listed places
Closest to Wellman
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Rose M. Dawson (Woman's Home Missions, 1922) (1922) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.