Wellsburg, NY

Wellsburg is a village in Chemung County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 490 residents. The village is named after the pioneer family of Abner Wells who came from Southold on Long Island. Wellsburg is located in the southeast part of Ashland. As of 2004 the zoned elementary school is Pine City School. A newcomer can read Wellsburg through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Wellsburg comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Wellsburg is southeast of Elmira and is part of the Elmira Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area was settled around 1788. The village was incorporated in 1872.