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Welcome to Weston ...

Weston is located in Schuyler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Weston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Weston is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Weston lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Weston: 607

Communities Also Named Weston ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 43 communities that are also named Weston - they are located in Alabama (2), Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington (2), West Virginia, Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Weston.

Communities near Weston ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Weston.

  • Corning
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Bath
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bath is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <3>
  • Penn Yan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Painted Post
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Watkins Glen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
    • Former names for Watkins Glen:
    • Jefferson
    • Salubria
    • Watkins
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <3>
  • Dundee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Montour Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Avoca
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Savona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hammondsport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Weston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Weston.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Weston. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weston.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Weston. See our Newspapers Page for Weston.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Weston ...

Looking for more information about Weston? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Weston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Weston.

Adding Weston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Weston in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Weston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Weston post office opened in 1851. The Weston post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Schuyler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Weston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/