Wells Chapel

The community around Wells Chapel

It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 40.1%
• Depression: 28.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
• Poverty Rate: 16.7% (8.0–25.5%)
• Diabetes: 14.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Wells Chapel

• Boones Camp Church of God — 0.3 mi away in Boons Camp, KY
• Little Friendship Church — 0.5 mi away
• Old Friendship Church — 1.2 mi away
• Riches of Jesus Independent Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away in Paintsville, KY
• Old Friendship Church — 2.6 mi away
• Phillip Cove Church — 2.9 mi away
• Meally Church of Christ — 3.7 mi away in Meally, KY
• Toms Creek United Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Eastside Free Will Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Thelma, KY
• Concord United Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away