Webster

Formed May 1, 1860 (110^th county)

Webster County (13,014), Dixon (928), Providence (2,891)

The Art Deco concrete structure, built in 1939, is on Main Street between Riddle and Leeper streets.  United States Highway 41 Alternate passes in front of the courthouse as Main Street.  A Justice Center was added in 2005.  Lawrence Casner is the courthouse architect.  The building features columns and a working clock.  The grounds have veteran memorials and a Liberty Bell.  The county was created on May 1, 1860 and named for American statesman Daniel Webster.  The county was taken from parts of Henderson, Hopkins, and Union counties as the 110^th county.  The county seat is named for Senator Archibald Dixon.  Dixon has always been the county seat. 

Webster County government consists of a County Judge Executive, a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive).  It has 3 Magistrates (legislative.)  One Circuit Court Judge, Two District Court Judges, and One Family Court Judge serve Webster, Crittenden, and Union counties and a court clerk serves Webster County (judicial.) The county is southwest of Owensboro, Kentucky and east of Paducah, Kentucky in western Kentucky.  The county center is 4.5 miles Northeast of Dixon.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Henderson, McLean, Hopkins, Caldwell, Crittenden, and Union counties. 

The area of the county is 335 square miles.  It is 55 out of 120 in the state.  It ranks 84 out of 120 in population in the state.  It has a density of 38.8 persons per square mile making it 89 out of 120 in the state.  Webster County has 51.6% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 41 crosses the county north to south from Henderson County to Hopkins County.  United States Highway 41 Alternate enters from Henderson County, north, and exits to Hopkins County, east.  The county is shaped like a water pitcher pouring to the northeast.  Dixon is located in the western half of the county.  Providence is near the southwest corner of the county.  Dixon is the county seat and Providence is the largest city.  Dixon is 7.1% of the county population while Providence is 22.2% of the county population.  This county is in the Evansville Metropolitan Statistical Area.