It included the hamlet of Weber. Sheep grazing dominated the area.[1]
Weber County Council was a small county of 95 sq mi (250 km2),[2] formed in 1902 from Weber Road Board and a part of Patangata County Council.[3] It was bounded to the south by Akitio County, to the north-east by the rest of Patangata County and to the north-west by Dannevirke County[4] (or until 1907 by Waipawa County),[5] with which it merged in 1956, as did Akitio (formed 1898) in 1976.[6]
The council was set up by The Weber County Act, 1902.[7] The Council's first meeting was on 20 February 1903.[8] The county office was at Ti-tree Point,[9][10] on Route 52, about 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Weber.[11]
Weber's population slowly declined. It was 593 in 1906,[12] 525 in 1911[13] and 340 in 1951.[14] In 1927, there were only 78 ratepayers.[15] The main business of the county remained roading, but, with its small population, it struggled to find money. For example, in 1922 it owned a steam roller, but not a grader.[16] Electricity came to part of the county about 1939.[17]