{"id":8983,"date":"2023-10-11T17:59:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8983"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:30:21","slug":"weston-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/weston-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Weston County, Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weston County is a county in Wyoming, United States, in the state&#8217;s northeastern corner along<br \/>\nthe South Dakota line. It had a population of 6,838 at the 2020 census, an estimated 6,826 by<br \/>\n2024, and covers 2,398 square miles (6,211 km2) of land centred near 43\u00b050\u2032N 104\u00b034\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle is the county seat and only city; its postal code is 82701. The county holds 1 city,<br \/>\n1 incorporated town and 5 smaller communities, and it runs on Mountain Time. Its FIPS code is<br \/>\n56045. Wyoming has no civil townships, so places here are grouped only by incorporation status.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Weston County<\/h2>\n<p>Weston County has 7 named places on record: 2 incorporated (Newcastle and Upton), 2 census<br \/>\ndesignated places, and 3 unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. CDP<br \/>\nstands for census designated place; Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural communities with no<br \/>\nformal boundary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Newcastle<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>3,374<\/td>\n<td>82701<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Upton<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>898<\/td>\n<td>82730<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Osage<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>151<\/td>\n<td>82723<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hill View Heights<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>144<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Buckhorn<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Four Corners<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clareton<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>82701 &mdash; Newcastle (the county&#8217;s most populous ZIP)<\/li>\n<li>82730 &mdash; Upton<\/li>\n<li>82723 &mdash; Osage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hill View Heights, Buckhorn, Four Corners and Clareton have no ZIP code of their own; mail<br \/>\nthere is delivered under the nearest incorporated town&#8217;s code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Weston County sits in Wyoming&#8217;s northeastern corner, at the southwestern edge of the Black<br \/>\nHills. Of its 2,400 square miles, 2,398 are land and 1.9 are water, about 0.08 percent &mdash;<br \/>\nthe county has no large natural lake, and its surface water is mostly small creeks. Part of the<br \/>\nBlack Hills National Forest covers the county&#8217;s northeast, and the Thunder Basin National<br \/>\nGrassland reaches into its western reaches.<\/p>\n<p>Crook County lies to the north, Campbell County to the west, Niobrara County to the south, and<br \/>\nConverse County to the southwest. Three South Dakota counties border the county&#8217;s eastern edge:<br \/>\nLawrence County to the northeast, Pennington County to the east, and Custer County to the<br \/>\nsoutheast. <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/crook-county-wyoming\/\">Crook County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/campbell-county-wyoming\/\">Campbell County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/niobrara-county\/\">Niobrara County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/converse-county\/\">Converse County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lawrence-county-south-dakota\/\">Lawrence County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/pennington-county-south-dakota\/\">Pennington County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/custer-county-south-dakota\/\">Custer County<\/a> all border<br \/>\nWeston directly.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Weston County had a population of 6,838 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts the<br \/>\ncounty near 6,826 residents, essentially flat over the period. Newcastle and Upton are by far<br \/>\nthe two largest communities, together holding roughly two-thirds of the county&#8217;s population.<br \/>\nMedian household income runs $89,509, above Wyoming&#8217;s statewide figure of $72,415 (2023 ACS).<br \/>\nPopulation density works out to roughly 2.9 people per square mile of land, among the more<br \/>\nsparsely settled counties in the state.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction employ the most workers in the county, about<br \/>\n588 people, followed by health care and social assistance at 340 and retail trade at 292.<br \/>\nExtractive industry has anchored the local economy since coal was first found north of Newcastle<br \/>\nin 1887, and today&#8217;s mining sector reflects continued oil, gas and industrial-mineral<br \/>\nproduction in the surrounding basin. Newcastle&#8217;s schools, county offices and the Weston County<br \/>\nLibrary are the town&#8217;s other steady employers.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>The Wyoming Territory legislature created Weston County on 12 March 1890, carving it out of<br \/>\nCrook County. It was named for Jefferson Weston, a geologist and surveyor who, with Frank<br \/>\nMondell, found rich coal deposits north of Newcastle in 1887, prompting a railroad to be built<br \/>\nthrough the area. Newcastle was founded in 1889 as that railroad&#8217;s mining town, named after<br \/>\nNewcastle-upon-Tyne, England, a coal-shipping port. President Theodore Roosevelt visited the<br \/>\ntown in 1903, and Mondell, its first mayor, went on to represent Wyoming in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n<p>Cambria, north of Newcastle, grew into a company coal-mining town after Mondell found<br \/>\nhigh-grade anthracite there in 1887; it peaked near 1,400 residents around 1904 and produced<br \/>\nabout 13 million tons of coal before the vein thinned and the company blew its closing whistle<br \/>\nfor the last time on 15 March 1928. Cambria and the nearby camp of Tubb Town are both ghost<br \/>\ntowns today.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Highways 16, 20 and 85 cross the county through Newcastle; no interstate runs through<br \/>\nWeston County. Wyoming Highways 116, 450 and 585 connect the smaller communities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rapid City, South Dakota &mdash; about 78 miles northeast via US 16<\/li>\n<li>Gillette, Wyoming &mdash; about 77 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Casper, Wyoming &mdash; about 185 miles west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mondell Field Airport in Newcastle, named for Frank Mondell, handles general aviation; the<br \/>\nnearest commercial airline service is Rapid City Regional Airport in South Dakota. Wyoming has<br \/>\nno Amtrak service, and no station is within reasonable driving distance of the county.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Weston County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Wyoming&#8217;s northeastern corner along the South Dakota line, bordered by Crook,<br \/>\nCampbell, Niobrara and Converse counties in Wyoming and Lawrence, Pennington and Custer counties<br \/>\nin South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Weston County?<\/strong><br \/>\n6,838 at the 2020 census, with a recent estimate near 6,826.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Weston County?<\/strong><br \/>\n2,400 square miles (6,211 km2), of which 2,398 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Weston County?<\/strong><br \/>\nNewcastle, founded in 1889, is the county seat and the county&#8217;s only city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Weston County?<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo incorporated places, Newcastle and Upton, plus the census-designated places Osage and Hill<br \/>\nView Heights and the unincorporated communities Buckhorn, Four Corners and Clareton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Weston County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n82701 for Newcastle, 82730 for Upton and 82723 for Osage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Weston County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe 1887 coal discovery that founded Newcastle and the Cambria mining camp, and its position at<br \/>\nthe southwestern edge of the Black Hills.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/wyoming\/\">Towns and villages in Wyoming<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weston County is a county in Wyoming, United States, in the state&#8217;s northeastern corner along the South Dakota line. It had a population of 6,838 at the 2020 census, an estimated 6,826 by 2024, and covers 2,398 square miles (6,211 km2) of land centred near 43\u00b050\u2032N 104\u00b034\u2032W. 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