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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Newcastle Namesake: Newcastle, England Founding: 1889 (platting); 1889 (post office); 1889 (incorporat...