The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Weston.
Weston was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 19, 1878.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Weston
Weston’s post office opened in 1869, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940
3 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 13 buildings between them. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1964 on, and the census since 1880.
1869first post office
3on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
How Weston began
When was Weston founded?
1869
The Weston post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1878. Another post office, Mitchell's Station (1867), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 446 in 18802020 census: 706157 years
Founding year: the first Weston post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1878.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.
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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
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Weston, 1867 to 1964
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1867Post officeThe Mitchell's Station post office opens
- 1869Post officeThe Mitchell's Station post office closes
- 1869Post officeThe Weston post office opens
- 1880
BuiltIsham Saling House is built - 1897
In the archiveEastern Oregon State Normal School ad in Heppner Gazette, August 31, 1897, page 2 - 20th century
- 1964
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Weston, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1900s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your albumToday2 recent
2008
2004On the map
Weston on the map, 1964 to 1983
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Weston. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1964Athena sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Weston.
On the National Register
3 listings protect 14 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
14
each building in a district counts
first listed
1976
Isham Saling House
BuildingsDistricts
Architectural styles listings
Italian Villa1
Italianate1
Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals1
All 3 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Weston, census by census
Between 384 and 783 people in every census since 1880.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Weston’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Weston
Nobody well known was born in Weston itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Connor TrinneerAmerican actor · b. 1969
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George Buck FlowerAmerican actor and director · b. 1937Places that used to be
Lost post offices
Weston’s post office has been open since 1869. Another post office, Mitchell's Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Mitchell's Station
Weston
18601940today
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Weston’s history
What year was Weston founded?
The Weston post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1878.
What is on the National Register in Weston?
Three places: the Isham Saling House (listed 1976), the Weston Commercial Historic District (1982) and the Weston School (2011).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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 (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.