Weston, Colorado

{{Short description|Census-designated place in Las Animas County, CO, USA}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement  |official_name = Weston, Colorado |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type = Census-designated place |motto =  |image_skyline = Weston Supply in Weston, Colorado.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Weston Supply and U.S. Post Office in Weston. |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Las Animas County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Weston Highlighted 0884000.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location of the Weston CDP in {{nowrap|Las Animas County, Colorado.}} |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = USA |pushpin_label = Weston |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location of the Weston CDP in the {{nowrap|United States.}} |pushpin_mapsize =  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Colorado}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Las Animas County |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 =  |government_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |government_type = unincorporated town |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 =  |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name=CO_CDP_2020>{{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bvp20/tigerweb_bvp20_cdp_2020_co.html|title=State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 8.026 |area_land_km2 = 8.026 |area_water_km2 = 0.000 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Weston_CDP,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0884000 |title=Weston CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 14, 2023 |quote=}}</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 53 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = auto |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = MST |utc_offset = -7 |timezone_DST = MDT |utc_offset_DST = -6 |coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |coordinates = {{coord|37|08|55|N|104|52|25|W|region:US-CO_type:city|name=Weston CDP, Colorado|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 7067  |postal_code_type = ZIP Code<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookup|title=Look Up a ZIP Code|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> |postal_code = 81091 |area_code = 719 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 2583316<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2583316}}</ref> |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Weston''' is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The Weston post office has the ZIP Code 81091.<ref name=ZIPcode/> At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Weston CDP was 53.<ref name="Census 2020" />

==History== The Weston Post Office has been in operation since 1889.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=11 July 2016}}</ref> The community was named after A. J. Weston, a local pioneer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dawson |first=John Frank |title=Place Names in Colorado: Why 700 Communities Were So Named, 150 of Spanish or Indian Origin |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=57 |publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. |location=Denver, CO |page=51}}</ref>

There is an old church at Vigil Plaza, near Weston.

There is a different old church dating from 1866 or 1867, and a cemetery, about three miles east, at Medina Plaza. These were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 as Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Medina Cemetery.

==Geography== Weston sits in the valley of the Purgatoire River, on the north side of the river, near where the South Fork joins the main stem. Colorado State Highway 12 passes through the community, leading east (downriver) {{convert|22|mi}} to Trinidad, the county seat, and west {{convert|11|mi}} to Stonewall Gap.

The Weston CDP has an area of {{convert|8.026|km2|acres|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name=CO_CDP_2020/>

==Demographics== The United States Census Bureau initially defined the {{nowrap|Weston CDP}} for the {{nowrap|United States Census 2010.}} {{Historical populations |title = Weston CDP, Colorado |type = US |align = left |source = United States Census Bureau |2010|55 |2020|53 }} {{clear}}

==See also== {{portal|Colorado}} *Las Animas County, Colorado

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==External links== *[https://www.colorado.com/cities-and-towns/weston Weston @ Colorado.com] *[https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/weston/ Weston @ UncoverColorado.com] *[http://www.sangres.com/colorado/lasanimas/weston.htm Weston @ SouthernColorado.info] *[https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/ Las Animas County website] {{Las Animas County, Colorado}}

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