Weston, West Virginia Weston, West Virginia Location of Weston, West Virginia Location of Weston, West Virginia State West Virginia Weston is a town/city in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Lewis County, and home to the West Virginia Museum of American Glass and the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.
Weston was established in 1818 as Preston; the name was changed to Fleshersville soon after, and then to Weston in 1819. The town/city was incorporated in 1913. Jackson's Mill, a childhood home of Stonewall Jackson, is roughly four miles (6 km) north of Weston; it has been directed as a 4-H facility since the 1920s and is also the site of conference center directed by the West Virginia University Extension Service. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp Historic District. Weston has two nationwide historic districts: the Weston Downtown Historic District and Weston Downtown Residential Historic District.
Weston is positioned at 39 2 31 N 80 28 12 W (39.041857, -80.469929), along the West Fork River at its confluence with Stonecoal Creek in central Lewis County. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.00 square miles (5.18 km2), of which, 1.95 square miles (5.05 km2) is territory and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water. There were 2,135 housing units at an average density of 1,094.9 per square mile (422.7/km2).
There were 1,811 homeholds of which 27.7% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 40.9% were married couples residing together, 13.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.3% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 41.4 years.
22% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 18.1% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 2,222 housing units at an average density of 1,304.0 per square mile (504.7/km ).
There were 1,942 homeholds out of which 24.5% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 44.4% were married couples residing together, 13.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.3% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $26,690, and the median income for a family was $33,783.
About 15.1% of families and 18.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 25.8% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.
West Fork River - former state hospital in background United States Enumeration Bureau.
The West Virginia Encyclopedia.
Charleston, W.Va.: West Virginia Humanities Council.
West Virginia Blue Book.
Published annually by the Clerk's Office of the West Virginia Senate.
The West Virginia Encyclopedia.
Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council.
West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer.
Climate Summary for Weston, West Virginia "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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