The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWellsburg is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 720 at the 2020 census, a slight increase from 716 in 2000. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is named for George Wells, an early settler in the region.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 707 people in 2010, 720 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1957.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wellsburg yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Wellsburg’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wellsburg’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Wellsburg, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Wellsburg
1 place in Wellsburg is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.