Name: Weston County

 

County: Weston

 

Authority Name: Weston County (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1043402W  

Latitude: 435100N

 

Elevation: 4226/1288

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Feature Type: County

 

Origin of Name:

Named for a man prominent in building railroads in eastern and northern Wyoming.

Source: Gannett, 1905 

 

Named for Weston Harvey, who was instrumental in the railroad as it pushed its iron trail westward into Wyoming.

Organized in 1890. County seat is in Newcastle.

Source: WPA

 

Named for John B. Weston, whose activities and influence brought the railroad into that section of Wyoming. 

Source: Wyoming Historical Blue Book

 

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