Weston, Wyoming
Encyclopedia
Weston is an unincorporated community
in northern Campbell County, Wyoming
, United States
, along the upper Little Powder River on the southeastern edge of the Thunder Basin National Grassland
. It lies along WYO 59
north of the city of Gillette
, the county seat
of Campbell County. Its elevation is 3,802 feet (1,159 m). Although Weston is unincorporated, it has a post office
, with the ZIP code
of 82731.
.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in northern Campbell County, Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, along the upper Little Powder River on the southeastern edge of the Thunder Basin National Grassland
Thunder Basin National Grassland
The Thunder Basin National Grassland is located in northeastern Wyoming in the Powder River Basin between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills. The Grassland ranges in elevation from feet to and the climate is semi-arid. The Grassland provides opportunities for recreation, including hiking,...
. It lies along WYO 59
Wyoming Highway 59
Wyoming Highway 59 is a long north–south state highway that runs from Douglas to the Montana–Wyoming State Line, where the roadway continues as Montana Highway 59.-Douglas:...
north of the city of Gillette
Gillette, Wyoming
Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 29,087 in 2010. Gillette is a city centrally located in an area involved with the development of vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coal bed methane gas...
, the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
of Campbell County. Its elevation is 3,802 feet (1,159 m). Although Weston is unincorporated, it has a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, with the ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
of 82731.
Education
Public education in the community of Weston is provided by Campbell County School District #1Campbell County School District Number 1
Campbell County School District #1 is a public school district based in Gillette, Wyoming, United States.-Geography:Campbell County School District #1 serves all of Campbell County...
.