Webster, Indiana

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Webster is an unincorporated community in Webster Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Webster was laid out in about 1850.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V8oUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA809 | title=History of Wayne County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Volume 2 | publisher=Inter-State Publishing Company | year=1884 | pages=809}} An old variant name of the community was called Dover.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n358 341]|quote=This village earlier was called Dover...}} The post office at Webster has been in operation since 1851.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Wayne&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Wayne County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 7, 2016}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana