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The Wyoming Department of Corrections Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp & Boot Camp is located in Newcastle. [10] [11] The facility was operated by the Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform until that agency was dissolved as a result of a state constitutional amendment passed in November 1990.
The district includes twenty-three buildings, primarily commercial buildings, including two properties that are separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Weston County Courthouse and the Newcastle Main Post Office. All of the buildings are considered "contributing properties" to the historic district. [2] [3]
Weston County was created by the legislature of the Wyoming Territory on March 12, 1890, of land partitioned from Crook County. [3] Weston County was named for John Weston, a geologist and surveyor. [4] In 1887, Jefferson Weston and Frank Mondell found rich coal deposits north of Newcastle which caused a railroad to be built through the area.
Wyoming Highway 450 (WYO 450) is a 66.22-mile-long (106.57 km) east-west Wyoming State Road in Campbell and Weston counties that provides travel between WYO 59 at Wright and U.S. Route 16 (US 16) at Newcastle.
Wyoming Highway 116 (WYO 116) is a 60.97-mile-long (98.12 km) north–south state highway located in central Weston and southern Crook counties of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It travels from WYO 450 south of Upton north to U.S. Route 14 (US 14) in Sundance .
The Weston County Courthouse in Newcastle, Wyoming, was designed by Charles A. Randall and built in 1910–11. The Beaux-Arts style courthouse is the most elaborate building in Newcastle, and a symbol of the community's prosperity at the time of its construction.
U.S. Highway 16A (US 16A) is a 36.971-mile-long (59.499 km) scenic U.S. Highway that is an alternate route for US 16.It splits from US 16 in the Black Hills of the southwestern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Location within Republic County and Kansas KDOT map of Republic County ( legend ) Coordinates: 39°49′28″N 97°38′01″W / 39.82444°N 97.63361°W / 39.82444; -97.63361