The story
Local history for this place is being researched county by county outward from Franklin County; here is what the records say.
Water
Blended supply from two sources feeding one city distribution system: (1) Lake Rupert, a 327-acre ODNR/city reservoir on a Little Raccoon Creek tributary near Hamden in Vinton County, drawn at the North WTP (the older Lake Alma intake was taken out… The water here
- Wellston City97% of residentsLake Rupert + Lake Alma (Little Raccoon Creek reservoirs)
- Jackson, City Of2% of residentsJisco Lake + Hammertown Lake (Jackson City Reservoir)
- Coalton1% of residentsTeays River Buried Valley Aquifer (own wells)
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Wellston, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
The county
Jackson County: 4 ZIP codes, 16 cities, villages and townships, 31,291 people.
Nearby places
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Cite this page as:
Ohio Hometown Atlas (Open Shower Co), "Wellston, Jackson County", https://hometownatlas.openshowerco.com/place/wellston/, built 2026-09-15, accessed [date].
Machine-readable: /api/place/wellston.json (open JSON, CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; the underlying records keep their own terms) · How to cite · Report a correction · Built 2026-09-15