Name: Weston County

 

County: Weston

 

Authority Name: Weston County (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1043402W  

Latitude: 435100N

 

Elevation: 4226/1288

(ft/m) 

 

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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Places (all) 

 

Places by Feature Type:

	Man-Made
Airports	Ghost Towns	Populated Places
Bridges	Levees	Post Offices
Canals	Locales	Ranches
Cemeteries	Mines	Reservoirs
Civil (Counties)	Notable Structures	Schools
Dams	Oilfields	Stations
Forts	Parks	Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Natural
Arches	Crossings	Ranges
Areas	Falls	Rapids
Arroyos	Flats	Reserves
Bars	Forests	Ridges
Bays	Gaps	Slopes
Basins	Geysers	Springs
Benches	Glaciers	Streams
Bends	Guts	Summits
Capes	Islands	Swamps
Channels	Lakes	Trails
Cliffs	Pillars	Tunnels
Craters	Plains	Valleys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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