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Weldon is a village in Nixon Township, in the western part of DeWitt County, Illinois.

Weldon was named in honor of Lawrence Weldon, a prominent Bloomington lawyer who served as an attorney for the railroad that ran through the town, according to the 1882 History of De Witt County.

The first house in Weldon was a residence built by C. S. Lisenby in 1872, and the village post office opened in 1874.

The population of Weldon was 369 at the 2020 census, with 171 households and 106 families residing in the village.

Weldon first appeared in the census in 1880 with just 147 people and reached its peak population of 573 in 1920.

Weldon covers only 0.27 square miles, making it one of the smaller incorporated villages in central Illinois by land area.

Weldon operated its own high school under the Nixon Township system beginning in 1925, before voters unified the local districts in 1947 to create what became DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57.

DeLand-Weldon High School, shared with neighboring De Land, has long been one of the smallest public high schools in Illinois, with a total enrollment of just 59 students reported in 2016.

The DeLand-Weldon district's elementary and middle school campus is located in Weldon itself, on North 300 East Road.