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Weston is a city in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lewis County[3]. Weston was founded in 1817 as "Preston"; the name was changed to "Fleshersville" soon after, and then to Weston in 1819.[4] The city was incorporated in 1913.[5] Julia Howes Spelsberg is the current mayor.
Weston is the site of the former Weston State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital and National Historic Landmark which has been mostly vacant since its closure in 1994 upon its replacement by the nearby William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital. Jackson's Mill, a childhood home of Stonewall Jackson, is approximately four miles (6 km) north of Weston; it has been operated as a 4-H facility since the 1920s and is also the site of conference center operated by the West Virginia University Extension Service.[6]

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Total Population: 4,488
Cost of Living
Median Household Income: $26,690
Median Home Value: $49,200
State sales tax: 6.0%
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