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== Places/Localities ==
== Places/Localities ==


==== Populated Places ====
==== Populated Places ====
 
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| Bellville
| Fairmont
| Ortiz
| Tilden
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| Blackford
| Free Union
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195661&subject_disp=Kentucky%2C+Webster%2C+Poole&columns=*,0,0 Poole]
| Vanderburg
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| Breton
| Gatesville
| Pratt
| Virginia
|-
| Clay
| Hearin
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195662&subject_disp=Kentucky%2C+Webster%2C+Providence&columns=*,0,0 Providence]
| Wanamaker
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| Derby
| Jolly
| Rock Spring
| West Wheatcroft
|-
| Diamond
| Lisman
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195663&subject_disp=Kentucky%2C+Webster%2C+Sebree&columns=*,0,0 Sebree]
| Wheatcroft
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195659&subject_disp=Kentucky%2C+Webster%2C+Dixon&columns=*,0,0 Dixon]
| Little Zion
| Shelton
| Williams
|-
| Elmwood
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195660&subject_disp=Kentucky%2C+Webster%2C+Onton&columns=*,0,0 Onton]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195664&subject_disp=Kentucky%2C+Webster%2C+Slaughters&columns=*,0,0 Slaughters]
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==== Neighboring Counties  ====
==== Neighboring Counties  ====

Revision as of 15:24, 28 January 2010

Template:StubUnited States  > Kentucky > Webster County

County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

The Webster County county seat is located in Dixon. The courthouse is located in the central portion of town.

History[edit | edit source]

Parent County[edit | edit source]

1860--Webster County was created 29 February 1860 from Henderson, Hopkins and Union Counties.  County seat: Dixon [1]

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

Places/Localities[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

Bellville Fairmont Ortiz Tilden
Blackford Free Union Poole Vanderburg
Breton Gatesville Pratt Virginia
Clay Hearin Providence Wanamaker
Derby Jolly Rock Spring West Wheatcroft
Diamond Lisman Sebree Wheatcroft
Dixon Little Zion Shelton Williams
Elmwood Onton Slaughters

Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

USGS GNIS search results for Webster County, Kentucky cemeteries

Church[edit | edit source]

USGS GNIS search results for Webster County, Kentucky

Court[edit | edit source]

Land[edit | edit source]

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Maps[edit | edit source]

Military[edit | edit source]

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Probate[edit | edit source]

Taxation[edit | edit source]

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]

The primary branch of the Webster County library is located in Dixon, Kentucky, and maintains a genealogy section including local histories, many local newspapers on microfilm, and microfilmed copies of county vital records.

A satellite library branch exists in Providence, Kentucky, and maintains a smaller genealogy section, mostly focusing on historical photographs.

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).