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Welcome to Weston ...

Weston is located in Marathon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Weston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Weston has a population of 15,163 people<2> (see below for details).

Weston is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Weston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Weston: 715 & 534<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Weston had an population of 15,163 people. This is an increase of 1.98% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 25.53% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Weston had a population of 14,868 people (which is 11.09% of the total population of Marathon County). This makes Weston the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Weston represents 0.26% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 55th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 14,868 people, the population of Weston increased 23.09% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 12,079 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Weston.

Communities Also Named Weston ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Weston: This one is located in Marathon County and the other is located in Dunn County.

Beyond Wisconsin, 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, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington (2), West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Websites for Weston ...

Official Website: www.westonwisconsin.org/

Communities near Weston ...

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

  • Wausau
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wausau is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
  • Mosinee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mosinee is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
  • Marathon City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Marathon City is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
  • Wittenberg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
  • Birnamwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
  • Hatley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Hatley is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
  • Aniwa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Aniwa is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
  • Brokaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Brokaw is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
    • Estimated population in 2018: 245 people
  • Elderon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elderon is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Eland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Eland is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people

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.

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.<5>

From that list, the Weston post office opened in 1858. The Weston post office closed in 1864.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Marathon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Weston.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Weston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Weston area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Weston area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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/