Webster County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- January 10, 1860
- Named after
- Daniel Webster
- Seat
- Webster Springs
- Largest town
- Webster Springs
- Total
- 556 sq mi (1,440 km )
- Land
- 553 sq mi (1,430 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,760
- Density
- 15.2/sq mi (5.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .webstercountywv .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Webster County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,378. Its county seat is Webster Springs. The county was founded in 1860 and named for Daniel Webster.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Webster County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.