Wellington

Wellington is a small town in Lorain county, , some 20 miles south of Lake Erie. It was established in 1855 and came to national prominence in 1858 when some three dozen men stormed the town hotel, rescued a runaway slave from a US posse, and smuggled him to freedom in Canada.
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  • Type: Village with 4,670 residents
  • Description: village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States
  • Also known as: Wellington, OH” and “Wellington, Ohio
  • Postal code: 44090

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wellington High School and Findley State Park.

School
is a public high school located in Wellington, Ohio in . The school colors are maroon and white, and the mascot and nickname for the sports teams is the Wellington Dukes.

Park
is an Ohio state park located in Wellington, a small village in northern Ohio, United States. It was originally known as the Findley State Forest. is situated 2½ miles south of Wellington.

Wellington

Latitude
41.1686° or 41° 10′ 7″ north
Longitude
-82.2176° or 82° 13′ 3″ west
Population
4,670
Elevation
850 feet (259 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WGN
Open location code
86HV5Q9J+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154361159
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5176023
Wiki­data ID
Q2344895
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Wellington” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ويلينغتون
  • Basque: Wellington
  • Catalan: Wellington
  • Cebuano: Wellington
  • Chinese: Wellington
  • Chinese: 威靈頓 (俄亥俄州)
  • Chinese: 威靈頓
  • Dutch: Wellington
  • French: Wellington
  • German: Wellington
  • Gilaki: ولینگتن (اؤهایؤ)
  • Gilaki: ولینگتن
  • Haitian: Wellington, Ohio
  • Haitian: Wellington
  • Italian: Wellington
  • Japanese: ウェリントン
  • Ladin: Wellington
  • Malagasy: Wellington, Ohio
  • Malagasy: Wellington
  • Min Nan Chinese: Wellington
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Wellington (Ohio)
  • Norwegian: Wellington
  • Polish: Wellington
  • Portuguese: Wellington
  • Russian: Веллингтон
  • Serbian: Велингтон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Wellington, Ohio
  • Serbo-Croatian: Wellington
  • South Azerbaijani: ولینقتون، اوهایو
  • Spanish: Wellington (Ohio)
  • Spanish: Wellington
  • Swedish: Wellington, Ohio
  • Swedish: Wellington
  • Ukrainian: Веллінгтон
  • Urdu: ویلنگٹن، اوہائیو
  • Urdu: ویلنگٹن
  • Vietnamese: Wellington, Ohio
  • Vietnamese: Wellington
  • Volapük: Wellington
  • Welsh: Wellington, Ohio
  • Welsh: Wellington

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