Wellston, Ohio

• School Secretary Offers Up Salary to Keep Principal from Being Laid Off
  

  A Wellston High School security gave up her entire salary to stop a co-worker from being laid off.

• Municipal Court
  

  Two counts of operating a vehicle impaired -- Timothy A. Housley, 49, of 17273 Ohio 104, Building 35, one count dismissed with prejudice in consideration of plea to second count, guilty, fined $375 and court costs, sentenced to two-year probation and seven days in Ross County Jail, driver's license suspended six months, ordered to complete ...

• Delbert C. Perry
  

  CREOLA: Delbert C. Perry, 62, of Creola, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2010 at his residence.

• Jackson County St. Rt. 788 Closed
  

  Crews are repairing service lines from an earlier auto mobile accident. Thursday, July 22, 2010 State Route 788 in Jackson County has been closed near the 3.0-mile marker due to an accident.

City Description

Wellston is a city in Jackson County, Ohio, United States, in the southeastern part of the state. Founded in 1873 as an iron and coal producing center, the city was named after founder Harvey Wells, a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention. The city was incorporated in 1876. The population was 6,078 at the 2000 census. Wellston is served by the Sylvester Memorial Public Library. In 2005, the library loaned more than 70,000 items to its 10,000 cardholders, and it had total holdings of over 31,000 volumes with over 90 periodical subscriptions. Wellston is located at 39°7′11″N 82°32′3″W / 39.11972°N 82.53417°W / 39.11972; -82.53417 (39.119693, -82.534139). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.1 square miles (18.3 km), of which, 7.0 square miles (18.1 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km) of it (1.13%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,078 people, 2,359 households, and 1,644 families residing in the city. The population density was 872.4 people per square mile (336.7/km). There were 2,615 housing units at an average density of 375.3/sq mi (144.9/km). The racial makeup of the city was 98.08% White, 0.36% African

City Contained By:

• Jackson County
• Ohio

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 18.3889155834 km squared

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