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Weston County, Wyoming

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

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6historic places

—earliest paper

1890formed

6,838pop. 2020

9cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Newcastle.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Wyoming is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Weston titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Cambria Casino	Newcastle	Building	1980
Jenney Stockade Site	Newcastle	Site	1969
Newcastle Commercial District	Newcastle	District	2009
US Post Office-Newcastle Main	Newcastle	Building	1987
Weston County Courthouse	Newcastle	Building	2001
Wyoming Army National Guard Cavalry Stable	Newcastle	Building	1994

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Weston was formed in 1890 (1890-03-12) from Crook.

WESTON created by Wyoming Territory from CROOK. WESTON not fully organized, attached to CROOK for administrative and judicial purposes.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Weston County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,422	3,203	4,631	4,958	6,733	7,929	7,106	6,644	6,838

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

9 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 9 of 9 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Boyd Cemetery	44.07737	-104.11969
Cambria Cemetery	43.95442	-104.21382
Freel Gravesite	43.9779	-104.29958
Garhart Cemetery	43.97939	-104.42646
Green Mountain Cemetery	44.1647	-104.24021
Greenwood Cemetery	43.85192	-104.19493
Greenwood Cemetery	44.08959	-104.61437
Old Ridge Cemetery	43.83571	-104.22807
Saint Albert's Catholic Cemetery	44.10828	-104.15821

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Cambria	43.9404	-104.20913
Clareton	43.70053	-104.69246
Four Corners	44.07748	-104.13827

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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