Wellington, TX Road Trips
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Trip Routes
3
Longest Drive
517.8 mi
Houston, TX
Quickest Drive
8h
Austin, TX
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Wellington, TX by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
2,008
Median Income
$49,545
Median Home Value
$101,700
Median Age
35.2
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Wellington, TX
Wellington is a small town of 1,900 people (2020) in the southeastern High Plains of Texas. It provides a glimpse of early 20th-century, small-town Texas flavor and is a pleasant place to visit if you're traveling across the Panhandle of northern Texas.
The first time Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie Park and Clyde Barrow) made The New York Times newspaper was their incident at the Prichard farm. Bonnie is referenced as a "woman companion", and the perpetrators are Clyde Barrow and his brother whose name is given as Icy. With the location as "Wellington, Texas", the story tells of them wrecking their car, terrorizing a family and shooting the daughter-in-law (but actually their daughter), kidnapping two law enforcement officers and taking them in their car near Erick, Oklahoma, where the two kidnapped men were tied to a tree with barbed wire cut from a fence. They freed themselves and alerted local law enforcement, but the trail had gone cold. Wellington community website
Ozark Trail Marker. One of only 7 remaining obelisks which marked the only cross-country auto route until Route 66 was built in the 1920s. Ritz Theatre Inc, 902 East Ave, ☏ +1 806-447-0090. This restored 1928 movie theater shows first-run and classic films. 1 Collingsworth County Museum, 824 East Ave, ☏ +1 806-447-5327. Tu-F 11AM - 4PM, closed Sa-M. Myriad photos and memorabilia from the town's past. Small collection, friendly staff. (updated Mar 2026)
Cherokee Restaurant, 1105 Houston St, ☏ +1 806-447-1201. Dairy Queen, 1010 Houston St, ☏ +1 806-447-2755. Itza Italian Pizza & Restaurant, Highway 83, ☏ +1 806-447-5320. My-T Burger, 1411 West Ave, ☏ +1 806-447-5175. Roberson Restaurant, 16231 FM 338, ☏ +1 806-447-2951.
Cherokee Inn Motel, 1105 Houston St, ☏ +1 806-447-2508. Country Inn, 3907 US Highway 83, ☏ +1 806-447-0531.
US 83 connects to Shamrock at I-40 to the north, and Childress at US 287 to the south.
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