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History · Weston

Weston dates to 1835, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1840.

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How Weston began

When was Weston founded?

1835

Weston dates its founding to 1835 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1840.

First census: 249 in 18402020 census: 245191 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1904.The full story ↓

What stands out about Weston’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Weston are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 433 in 1920; 245 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Weston, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1835: 191 years of Weston.
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Start Weston’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Weston’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Weston, census by census

01002003004001850190019502000Peak: 433

Peaked at 433 in 1920; 245 people lived here in 2020.

19 censuses, 1840–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Weston’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Selden, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Butterfield LandingCropley TurnSelden
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Weston
BrackettButterfieldSeldenTrout Brook

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Weston came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Weston.

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The town of Weston was incorporated in 1835 and was supposedly named for "the man who surveyed the town in 1835" whose full name is unknown.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Weston in 1903

Passages that mention Weston, cut from the printed page as they were published.

ly in front of Joseph Weston's house, in Jonesboro. It was built of logs, but kept in good order, neat and comfoi'table. The farm was first settled and always occupied by Mr. Weston until his death in 1827. Since that time his son has owned and occupied it. Mr. Weston was engaged, like most other s…
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ly in front of Joseph Weston's house, in Jonesboro. It was built of logs, but kept in good order, neat and comfoi'table. The farm was first settled and always occupied by Mr. Weston until his death in 1827. Since that time his son has owned and occupied it. Mr. Weston was engaged, like most other settlers, in farming and lumbering. He was a man of great industry, and was enabled thereby to procure a good

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Weston, 1835 to 1957

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1835
    FoundingWeston is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Selden post office opens
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 433
  6. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1957Post officeThe Selden post office closes
By decade

Weston, decade by decade

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On the map

Weston on the map, 1940 to 1988

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Weston. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Weston on the 1940 USGS mapWeston on the 1958 USGS mapWeston on the 1975 USGS mapWeston on the 1988 USGS map1940Danforth sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Weston.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Danforth1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrient1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHaynesvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Weston’s history

What year was Weston founded?

In 1835, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Weston’s post office opened in 1904, and the census of 1840 counted 249 people here.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.