Weston County, Wyoming

Founding: 1890
Parent county: Crook
Namesake: John Weston, railroad surveyor
Seat: Newcastle (1890–)
Land area: 2,398 square miles
Population (2020): 6,838
Population (historic): 2,422 (1890); 4,960 (1910); 4,673 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1920–1960; 1970s; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: One city; one town; two CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 507 (14.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $567
Average outbuilding value (1930): $603
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 721
Average farm size (1920): 95.2 acres
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Newcastle

 
Namesake: Newcastle, England
Founding: 1889 (platting); 1889 (post office); 1889 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,374
Population (historic): 1,715 (1890); 975 (1910); 1,201 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1889–1900; 1900–1960; 1970s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 307 (18.8%)
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