Do you know of Weston ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Weston. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Weston.
Our sources for Weston (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Weston other than they indicate that Weston would be found somewhere in Marion County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1857.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Weston ...
We found 44 communities that share the name Weston.
There is one other community in Iowa which is also named Weston.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 43 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 43 communities, 40 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Iowa ...
- Pottawattamie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Weston [Pottawattamie County].
- Pottawattamie County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Las Animas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Weston [Las Animas County].
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Weston [Fairfield County].
- Florida
- Broward County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Weston [Broward County].
- Georgia
- Webster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Weston [Webster County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Weston [DuPage County].
- Jo Daviess County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Weston [Jo Daviess County].
- McLean County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Weston [McLean County].
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Geary County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Weston [Geary County].
- Norton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Weston [Norton County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Jackson Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Weston [Jackson Parish].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Weston [Aroostook County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Weston.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Weston [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
- Lenawee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Weston [Lenawee County].
- Minnesota
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Weston [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Platte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Weston [Platte County].
- Nebraska
- Saunders County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Weston [Saunders County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Weston.
- New Jersey
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Weston [Somerset County].
- New York
- Schuyler County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Weston [Schuyler County].
- North Carolina
- Wake County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Weston [Wake County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Weston.
- Ohio
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Weston [Wood County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Weston.
- Oregon
- Umatilla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Weston [Umatilla County].
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Weston [Richland County].
- Texas
- Collin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Weston [Collin County].
- Vermont
- Windsor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Weston [Windsor County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Weston [King County].
- Pierce County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Weston [Pierce County].
- West Virginia
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Weston [Lewis County].
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Weston [Campbell County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Weston ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Weston:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.
More Orphans in Marion County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marion County.
| Cooper Springs | Lucas Grove |
| Dallas | Melcher |
| Divide | |
| Donnelly | Nepas |
| Dunreath | |
| Painted Rocks | |
| Everist | Park Hills |
| Fifield | Red Rock Lakeview |
| Rousseau |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Weston could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |