Webster | |
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| Motto: Where Life Is Worth Living | |
 Location in Monroe County and the state of New York | |
.svg) Location of New York in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 43°12′32″N 77°27′34″W / 43.20889°N 77.45944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Monroe |
| Established | February 6, 1840[1] |
| Government | |
| • Town supervisor | Tom Flaherty (R; 2019-present)
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| Area | |
| • Total | 35.24 sq mi (91.27 km2) |
| • Land | 33.53 sq mi (86.85 km2) |
| • Water | 1.71 sq mi (4.42 km2) |
| Elevation | 442 ft (135 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 45,327 |
| • Density | 1,351.8/sq mi (521.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 14580 |
| Area code | 585 |
| FIPS code | 36-055-78971 |
| Website | www |
Webster is a town in the northeastern corner of Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is named after orator and statesman Daniel Webster. The population was 45,327 at the 2020 census. The town's motto is, "where life is worth living."[3] The town contains a village also named Webster. It is located in the Rochester Metropolitan Area.
- ^ Hanford, Franklin (1911). On the origin of the names of places in Monroe County, New York (PDF). Scottsville, New York: Isaac Van Hooser. p. 13. OCLC 866011722. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ "Our Community". Webster Chamber of Commerce. 2006. Archived from the original on March 17, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2012.