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Community of Weston History
McLean County, Illinois

(Transcribed by: Teri Moncelle Colglazier)

In the northeast corner of the county, adjacent to the Livingston County line, is located the incorporated village of Weston, with a population of 287. Through it runs the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad. The village was surveyed and platted in 1866 by W. F. Bryan, of Peoria. Today, Weston is the only community in Yates Township, which has a total population of 618. An early settler of the township was David Vance, who arrived in 1866. He was later elected school treasurer and was one of the founders of the Methodist Church in the township. [This is McLean County, Illinois by: John Drury, The Loree Co., Chicago, Illinois (1955)] The town of Weston [Yates Township] is a station on [the T. P. & W. railroad]. It was laid out by Nelson Buck in 1868. It was never incorporated. ["Official souvenir program, McLean County Centennial, Aug. 27, 28, 30, 1930" by: McLean County Illinois Centennial Souvenir Program Committee, Harold Lang and Eugene Funk]

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