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570. FIPS code. 42-82160. Website. www .wellsboroborough .com. Wellsboro is a borough and county seat of Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The borough was founded by Benjamin Wistar Morris. It is located 52 miles (84 km) northwest of Williamsport. The population was 3,472 at the 2020 census.
January 5, 2005. Wellsboro Historic District, is a national historic district in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. It includes 531 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and four contributing objects. It is a 360-acre (1.5 km 2) district that is a mixed use commercial / residential / institutional district.
Benjamin Wistar Morris (sometimes spelled "Wister"; 1762–1825) [1] was the founder of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Samuel Wells Morris, Morris' son, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. His grandson was Episcopal bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris, II, and his great grandson was Benjamin Wistar Morris, III, a noted architect.
Tioga County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,045. [1] Its county seat is Wellsboro. [2] The county was created on March 26, 1804, from part of Lycoming County [3] and later organized in 1812. [4] It is named for the Tioga River.
Jesse Robinson House (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania) / 41.74500°N 77.30444°W / 41.74500; -77.30444. The Jesse Robinson House, or the Jesse Robinson Manor, is an historic American home that is located in Wellsboro in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Mary Wells Morris. Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, statue of Mary Wells Morris, April 2011. Mary Wells Morris (September 4, 1764 – November 6, 1819) is the person after whom Wellsboro, Pennsylvania is named. She was born in Burlington County, New Jersey. [1] She moved to Tioga County with her husband Benjamin, her son Samuel, and her daughter Rebecca.
The Wellsboro Area School District is a small, rural/suburban public school district located in central Tioga County. Wellsboro Area School District encompasses approximately 330 square miles (850 km 2 ). The district serves the borough of Wellsboro and also serves: Middlebury Township, Charleston Township, Delmar Township, Duncan Township, and ...
Samuel W. Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Benjamin Wistar Morris. He pursued an academic degree at Princeton College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. He was a judge of the district court and served as the first treasurer of Wellsboro County.