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23 North Main Street
Wellsville, New York  14895
Phone: (585) 596-1700

Village Office Hours:
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Monday - Friday

To report a power outage
after hours call
(585) 593-5600

~ Wellsville WWTP - Environmental Report
~ Consultation Review Comment on Environmental Review Record COVID-19
~ Village Wastewater Plant Study
~ Village Water Study
~ Wellsville Fire Department


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History

Settled in the early 1800's, Wellsville's economy was first based on the lumber industry, and from that, the leather tanning industry.  Some vestiges of those industries remain in the form of railroad right-of-way.  The former Wellsville-Addison & Galeton, PA right-of-way is now a recreational trail extending south into Pennsylvania.

As the lumber industry waned, the oil industry boomed - - its legacy seen in the many beautiful public building and private residences that remain, as well as in the oil pumps that dot out some of the hillsides outside Wellsville.

The Sinclair Refinery, once one of the largest refineries in the Pennsylvania oil fields, operated in Wellsville until the 1950s.  Many of the buildings still stand and today are used by the School of Vocational Studies, Alfred State College.