Wescott is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Custer County,

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

, United States.

History

Wescott was founded by

Walter S. Wescott Walter S. Wescott was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography Wescott was born to John, who would become a local politician in New Glarus (town), Wisconsin, and Eunice Wescott on April 18, 1828 in Wether ...

in 1886. A post office was established at Wescott in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1901.

References

Unincorporated communities in Custer County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska {{CusterCountyNE-geo-stub