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Webster County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Daniel Webster
- Seat
- Dixon
- Largest city
- Providence
- Judge executive
- Steve Henry (R)
- Total
- 336 sq mi (870 km )
- Land
- 332 sq mi (860 km )
- Water
- 3.7 sq mi (9.6 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,929
- Density
- 39.2/sq mi (15.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .webstercountyky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Webster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,017. Its county seat is Dixon and its largest city is Providence. It is the southernmost county in the Evansville, IN–KY Combined Statistical Area. The county was formed in 1860 from parts of Henderson, Hopkins, and Union Counties and named for American statesman Daniel Webster (1782–1852). It was mainly pro-Confederate during the American Civil War and was the site of several skirmishes and some guerrilla warfare. Since 2018 it has been a moist county, with Providence and Sebree voting to allow alcohol sales, and Clay doing so in 2022.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Webster County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.