Weston, Franklin County, Idaho Genealogy

United States  Idaho   Franklin County   Weston

Quick Facts
Weston was settled in 1865 by Latter-day Saint settlers. The original settlement was 3 miles west of the present townsite. The total population of the Weston precinct in 1930 was 878.

Geographic location
Located 2.5 miles west of Bear River in Cache Valley, It is 26 miles northwest of Logan, Utah; 25 miles southeast of Malad, Idaho; 10 miles south of Clifton, Idaho; 3 miles north of the Utah-Idaho boundary; and 8 miles southwest of Preston, Idaho.

City Hall
Weston City Clerks 15 E. Depot Street Weston, Idaho 83286 (208) 747-3983

Current
Two Preston Wards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meet in this meetinghouse:

27 North Center Street Weston, ID 83286

(208) 747-3554

Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Church History Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City or at its FamilySearch Centers. Records of the (1875-1948) are included.

Directories
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, state and regional directories.

Funeral Homes
Webb Funeral Home 109 Bear River Blfs Preston, Idaho 83263 (208) 852-1527 Webb Funeral Home 1005 S 800 E Preston, Idaho 83263 (208) 852-1391 Webb Jordan D 109 E Oneida St Preston, Idaho 83263 (208) 852-0533 http://www.webbmortuary.com/ Horsley Funeral Homes 132 W 300 N Malad City, Idaho 83252 (208) 766-4330

History
Additional history of Weston, Idaho and the early Latter-day Saint settlers there can be found in:


 * Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 946.

Historical
There are no copies of Weston newspapers in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise, Idaho, but newspapers from nearby towns which are in the Archives could be of interest to Weston residents.