Weston, Colorado


Weston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 55. The Weston Post Office has the ZIP Code 81091.
A post office called Weston has been in operation since 1889. The community was named after A. J. Weston, a local pioneer.

Geography

Weston is located in western Las Animas County at . It sits in the valley of the Purgatoire River, on the north side of the river, close to where the South Fork joins the main stem. Colorado State Highway 12 passes through the community, leading east to Trinidad, the county seat, and west to Stonewall Gap.

History

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.

Demographics