Webster, North Carolina

Webster is a town in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States.

Webster is located in north-central Jackson County north of the Tuckasegee River.

North Carolina Highway 116 runs through the town, leading east 1 mile (1.6 km) to North Carolina Highway 107 and west across the Tuckasegee 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to U.S. Route 23.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Webster has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.

Webster once had a courthouse and many shops, but few of the buildings that hint at its vibrant past as a thriving county seat survive.

The old Webster Courthouse, built in 1888, abandoned in 1914, and demolished in 1935