 dixon is a 6th-class city in and the county seat of webster county, kentucky, united states. the population was 632 at the 2000 census. dixon is located at the junction of us 41a and ky 132. it was established with a courthouse and post office in 1860 when the county was formed. ==history== revolutionary war veteran william jenkins in 1794 established a stagecoach inn five miles north of the town's present site on the old indian trail between nashville and st. louis. the town was incorporated on february 6, 1861, and was named after archibald dixon, lieutenant governor of the state
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