Webster County, Kentucky

Webster County
Webster County
County
	Webster County Courthouse in Dixon
	Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky
	Kentucky's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°31′N 87°41′W / 37.52°N 87.68°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Founded	1860
Named for	Daniel Webster
Seat	Dixon
Largest city	Providence
Area
• Total	336 sq mi (870 km2)
• Land	332 sq mi (860 km2)
• Water	3.7 sq mi (10 km2) 1.1%
Population (2020)
• Total	13,017
• Estimate (2023)	12,726
• Density	39/sq mi (15/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	www.webstercountyky.com

Webster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,017.^[1] Its county seat is Dixon and its largest city is Providence.^[2] It is the southernmost county in the Evansville, IN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county was formed in 1860 from parts of Henderson, Hopkins, and Union Counties^[3] and named for American statesman Daniel Webster (1782–1852).^[4] 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,^[5] and Clay doing so in 2022.^[6]

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "KYGenWeb Project - Online Kentucky Genealogy Resources". www.kygenweb.net. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
^ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. pp. 37.
^ Hughes, Matt. "Providence, Sebree go wet". The Journal-Enterprise. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
^ "Clay prepares for start of alcohol sales after wet-dry vote". Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW). May 18, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022.