Webster County, Kentucky

Founding: 1860
Parent counties: Henderson, Hopkins, and Union

Namesake: Daniel Webster, New Hampshire politician
Seat: Dixon (1860–)

Land area: 332 square miles

Population (2020): 13,017

Population (historic): 10,937 (1870); 17,196 (1890); 20,974 (1910); 20,532 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Six cities; two CDPs

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 821 (13.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 23.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $529
Average outbuilding value (1930): $347
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,407
Average farm size (1920): 55.4 acres
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Dixon

Namesake: Archibald Dixon, Kentucky politician

Founding: 1860 (platting); 1860 (post office); 1861 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 933

Population (historic): 330 (1870); 546 (1890); 741 (1910); 650 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1960s; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 42 (10.7%)
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