Webster County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- January 15, 1851
- Named after
- Daniel Webster
- Seat
- Fort Dodge
- Largest city
- Fort Dodge
- Total
- 718 sq mi (1,860 km )
- Land
- 716 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,838
- Density
- 51.7/sq mi (20.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .webstercountyia .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Daniel Webster
- Official name
- Webster County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Fort Dodge
- Capital
- Fort Dodge
- Population
- 36999
- Area
- 718
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- Humboldt County
- Official website
- www.webstercountyia.org
- Image
- Webster co iowa courthhouse.jpg
- Households
- 15605
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- Commons category
- Webster County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Webster County, Iowa
- inception
- 1851-00-00
- different from
- Webster County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Webster County, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Webster County
- per capita income
- 28116
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Encyclopedic overview
Webster County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,999. The county seat is Fort Dodge. The county was established in January 1851, one of 43 counties established by a legislative package. This county was named after Daniel Webster, an American statesman noted for his moving oratory.
Webster County comprises the Fort Dodge, IA Micropolitan statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Webster County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.