Emergency Biohazard Cleanup Services in Wellington, TX

Wellington is the county seat of Collingsworth County in the southeastern Texas Panhandle, on U.S. Highway 83.

In 1889-90, promoters E. T. O'Neil, John S. McConnell, and John W. Swearingen bought the land where Wellington now stands for $5.00 an acre.

Wellington's name was proposed by O'Neil's wife, who greatly admired the Duke of Wellington, the hero of the Battle of Waterloo.

In the September 1890 county-seat election, Wellington beat the rival proposed town of Pearl 56 votes to 32; the town was surveyed and platted in 1891.

Wellington's first post office opened on January 9, 1891, with Carrie M. Barton as postmaster, and construction of its first courthouse - built of locally made bricks - began in 1893.

The Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway reached Wellington in 1910, and the town incorporated in December 1910.

In June 1933, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow wrecked their car near Wellington, terrorized the Prichard farm family, and kidnapped two lawmen - the incident that first put Bonnie and Clyde in The New York Times.

Wellington's restored Historic Ritz Theatre was one of 100 national finalists in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 'This Place Matters' competition in 2011.

By 1934 Wellington had paved streets, a hospital, three banks, and a cotton compress, and it remains a ranching and farming center served by cotton gins and grain elevators.

The 2020 census counted 1,896 residents and 784 households in Wellington.