Webster County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- January 10, 1860
- Named after
- Daniel Webster
- Seat
- Webster Springs
- Largest town
- Webster Springs
- Total
- 556 sq mi (1,440 km )
- Land
- 553 sq mi (1,430 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,760
- Density
- 15.2/sq mi (5.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .webstercountywv .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Daniel Webster
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Webster Springs
- Population
- 8378
- Area
- 556
- Shares border with
- Upshur County
- Official website
- www.webstercounty.wv.gov
- Image
- Webster County Courthouse West Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 3582
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- Commons category
- Webster County, West Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Webster County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1860-01-10
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Webster County, West Virginia
- different from
- Webster County
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Webster County
- per capita income
- 19943
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Encyclopedic overview
Webster County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,378. Its county seat is Webster Springs. The county was founded in 1860 and named for Daniel Webster.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Webster County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.