Wellington Township

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

Wellington Township

Latitude
41.1687° or 41° 10′ 7″ north
Longitude
-82.2191° or 82° 13′ 9″ west
Elevation
850 feet (259 metres)
Open location code
86HV5Q9J+F9
Geo­Names ID
5176036
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