Providence is a home rule-class city[5] in Webster County, Kentucky, in the United States.

The community that grew up was known as Savageville, until the post office was established in 1828, when it was renamed "Providence".

[2] On February 18, 1840,[1] the town had a population of 150; there were three physicians, five stores, two hotels, a school, a Baptist church, a Masonic lodge, and three tobacco stemmeries.

Located in the heart of the state's Black Patch tobacco-growing region, Providence eventually became the 3rd-largest stemming market in all of America.

[1] The onset of the Civil War slowed the economic growth, though no major battles took place.

In the 1930s, depressed conditions in the coal fields resulted in a loss of population that continued through the 1960s.

The Tradewater River flows just west of the city, and the Webster-Hopkins county line lies just to the southeast.

Providence is located in Webster County, Kentucky, part of the Illinois Coal Basin.

He was a casualty of Sabena Flight 548, which crashed in 1961 en route to the World Championships in Prague.

Melvin T Mason was a 1984 candidate for President of the United States, running on the Socialist Workers Party ticket.