 wellford is a city in spartanburg county, south carolina, united states. the population was 2,378 at the 2010 census (from 2,030 in 2000). ==history== wellford was founded in 1840 by a man named wellington who was building a railroad in the area. he settled and named the town wellington. when the town was chartered on december 9, 1882 the name was changed to wellford. new hope farm was listed on the national register of historic places in 1999. ==geography== wellford is located at  (34.951087, -82.098497).{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=united states census bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=us gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 
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