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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.
Pease County, formed in 1875, was renamed Johnson County in 1879. [3] The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. [4] Wyoming's code is 56, which when combined with any county code would be written as 56XXX.
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.
[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed [4] Location City or town Description 1: Cambria Casino: Cambria Casino: November 18, 1980 (23726 U.S. Route 85: Newcastle: Large and finely crafted Tudor Revival resort lodge built in 1929 as a memorial to the coal mining town of Cambria, Wyoming.
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.
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.
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 School District #1 serves southeastern Weston County, [1] including the following communities: Incorporated places. City of Newcastle; Census-designated places (Note: All census-designated places are unincorporated.) Hill View Heights; Osage; Unincorporated places. Four Corners