WELLINGTON A post village of Lafayette county, Clay township, on the Missouri River, seven miles from Lexington, the county seat, 300 miles from Saint Louis, and 150 from Jefferson City. Chief products, hemp, corn and tobacco. Average price of land $25 per acre. It contains two churches, one Masonic Lodge, Dawson Lodge, No. 37, and Wellington Lodge, No. 81, I. O. O. F., two blacksmiths, one boot and shoe maker, two booksellers, one brick yard, one cabinet maker, two wagon makers, two clothing stores, two druggists, one steam flouring mill, three general stores, two groceries. one harness maker, one hotel, one jeweler, two painters, three physicians, two sash and door makers, two steam saw mills, and the Wellington Academy, in a flourishing condition, G. S. Rathbun, principal. Population 700. (Missouri State Gazetteer..., 1860)