Webster County (Kentucky)

Webster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,621. Its county seat is Dixon. 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 and named for American statesman Daniel Webster (1782-1852). It was mainly pro-Confederate during the American Civil War and was the site several skirmishes and some guerrilla warfare. It is a prohibition or dry county.GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (1.1%) is water. Webster County is part of the Western Coal Fields region of Kentucky.Adjacent countiesHenderson County (north)McLean County (northeast)Hopkins County (southeast)Caldwell County (south)Crittenden County (southwest)Union County (northwest)