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More historic than 14% of U.S. towns · #350 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it
Most of Weston was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1970.
The Weston post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1996. Another post office, Kelley (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 14% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Weston is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #350 of 362 in Wisconsin. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Weston’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Weston’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Weston.
Initially part of the Town of Weston, the village was founded on March 11, 1996, as a way to secure its borders from neighboring communities. Two-thirds of the original town were split off to form the new village of the same name.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Weston, cut from the printed page as they were published.
This town was set off from the town of Weston as a separate town January 6, 1905, to consist of all of township 28, north of range 6 east, lying west of the Wisconsin river. The town when set ofT by the county board on that date was given the name of "Erickson," from George Erickson, who was afterwards elected as the first chainnan of said town. This act of the county board was ratified and confirmed by the Legislature in the session of 1905, but the name of the town was changed to "Flieth."
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
THE VILLAGE OF SCHOLFIELD, formerly a part of the town of Weston, was incorporated in 1904. It adjoins the city at its southeast side, and the W'ausau Street Railway runs to and through the same to Rothschild. Its first supervisor on the county board was Christ Volkmann.
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Weston. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Weston.
Grew from 3,375 people in 1970 to 15,723 in 2020, 4 times over.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Weston’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Weston itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Weston had its own post office from 1858 to 1864. Another post office, Kelley, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Weston post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1996.
Weston is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #350 of 362 in Wisconsin. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
0.5% of Weston’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1993.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.
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