Welch is a small town located within Goodhue County
which is located in the
U.S. state of
Minnesota.
Land area: 39.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.4 sq. mi.
Population: 697 (all rural)
Housing count: 261
As of 2000, the population in Goodhue County was 44,127.
The county seat for Goodhue County is Red Wing, Minnesota.
Red Wing, city (1990 pop. 15,134), seat of
Goodhue co., SE Minn., on the Mississippi River at the
head of Lake Pepin; inc. 1857. It is a commercial and
manufacturing center in the Hiawatha valley farm area.
Farm products include grain, alfalfa, soybeans,
livestock, and poultry. There is sunflower- and
flax-processing; leather tanning; and the manufacture
of soft drinks, bakery products, machinery, roller
skating shoes, kitchen cabinets, and robotic systems.
From 1836 to 1840, Red Wing was the site of a Swiss
mission to Native Americans.
Nearly all of Prairie Island Indian Community land is within this county.