North Webster, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Tippecanoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46555. The Survey maps it on the North Webster quadrangle. 998 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.

North Webster within Kosciusko County

On record in North Webster

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

DIXIE (sternwheeler)listed 2009
Robert Orr Polygonal Barnlisted 1993
Warner House-Warner Schoolhouselisted 2023

Population over time

2 figures

North Webster fell from 1,146 to 998 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	1,146
2020	998	-148 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1950 USGS North Webster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS North Webster quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000

In the county-history sources

863 words on this township

Biographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Tippecanoe Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The first recorded marriage in the township was that of Pev. Samuel K. Young and Miss Amelia A. Warner, which was celebrated at the home of the bride's parents in 1840; Rev. Aaron Wood, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal church performing the ceremony. Pev. Young was the minister in charge of Leesburgh circuit, including Niseley's, Warsaw, Leesburgh, Galveston, Mt. Vernon, Milford, James McCloud's in Elkhart County, Syracuse, North Webstei-, John McNeal's and at Daniel Grove's. His first sermon in North Webster was preached in a slab shanty, in 1840.

Passage source: Biographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Tippecanoe Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of North Webster: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	County Line Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Kosciusko County

Storms near this place

56 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Webster in 56 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 33 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	$30,000	Tree down on parked vehicle and lines down near Epworth Forest.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	$20,000	Large tree down crushed side of small house.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	$5,000	Large tree limb down on house.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	$3,000	Several large trees down and boat piers blown onshore in Mead Park.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	$1,000	Emergency manager reports tree down across the road.
April 2025	Flood	North Webster	$1,000	Water covering SR 13 in North Webster, estimated to be 6 inches deep.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	The NWS office measured a wind gust of 64 mph.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Tree topped. Numerous small limbs down.
May 2020	Hail	North Webster	-	Quarter size hail observed at the NWS Northern Indiana office.
August 2020	Tornado (EF1)	North Webster	-	Trees were snapped west of State Route 13 as the tornado touched down. The tornado pushed over 2 power poles as it crossed SR 13, then continued southeast, causing a notable path of snapped trees and broken limbs. The debris was scattered throughout a nearby church parking lot. The church sustained minor loss of roof covering. Additional areas of tree damage were noted farther to the east-southeast. Some homes sustained damage as a result of falling trees and branches. The tornado crossed Webster Lake, coming onshore around EMS W17 Lane, where extensive tree damage occurred. Some residence damage was noted, both from the winds and falling trees. The tornado crossed East Backwater Road/East County Road 600 North and dissipated.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at the NWS Northern Indiana office.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Law enforcement reported a tree was blown down onto a home.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Wind gusts to 65 mph were estimated at the National Weather Service office north of North Webster.
July 2014	Hail	North Webster	-	On duty staff at the NWS office observed a period of hail, ranging from mainly pea size hail to around the size of quarters for a 3 minute period.
July 2014	Hail	North Webster	-	A second storm brought hail ranging from one half inch to one inch in diameter.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Amateur radio operators reported a large tree was blown down, covering Epworth Forest Road.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Wind gusts to 65 mph were estimated at the NWS office near North Webster.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph at the NWS office north of North Webster.
May 2014	Hail	North Webster	-	A few hail pieces to the size of dimes were blown by wind gusts to 50 mph were estimated at the NWS office near North Webster.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	A 65 mph wind gust was estimated at the NWS Forecast office.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Numerous tree limbs, ranging from three to eight inches in diameter, were observed blown down in and around the town of North Webster by an off duty NWS employee.
August 2013	Flash Flood	North Webster	-	Numerous roads across the southern half of the county had flowing water. The greatest concentration was from North Webster south to Silver Lake, along and either side of State Route 15. County Road 450 North, one-quarter mile west of County Road 375 E was closed due to two feet of flowing water over the road. Three to five inches of rain fell in these areas.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	NWS officials estimated wind gusts to 65 mph at the National Weather Service office, just north of North Webster.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Trained spotters reported several large tree limbs down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	On duty personnel at the NWS office in North Webster estimated 60 mph winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Estimated 65 mph gusts at NWS Office.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	A NWS official investigated a report of a tree down onto a house on the north side of North Webster. The tree was blown down, but laid out across the top of the house and no damage was reported to the structure by fire department officials.
June 2008	Hail	North Webster	-	Nickel size hail was observed by NWS Northern Indiana staff at the office.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in North Webster.
April 2003	Hail	North Webster	-	One inch hail occurred at the weather service office north of North Webster.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Public reported trees down in North Webster.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	A wind gust was measured at 67 MPH at the NWS office north of North Webster.
July 2003	Hail	North Webster	-	Quarter size hail at the NWS office north of North Webster.
July 2003	Hail	North Webster	-	Ping-pong ball size hail at the NWS office north of North Webster.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Trees were reported down.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Large limb blown down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	60 mph wind gust measured by 0ff-Duty NWS employee.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Large tree blown down on Armstrong Rd.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Large tree branches down.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Tree blown down.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	Large limbs down.
July 2023	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
September 2014	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
October 2001	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	North Webster	-	no account filed
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	North Webster	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kosciusko County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Epworth Forest	0.8 miles	14
Yellowbanks	1.0 miles	14
Eagle Point	1.1 miles	14
Highbanks	1.4 miles	14
Between-The-Lakes Park	2.1 miles	14
Mineral Springs	2.5 miles	14
Barbee	2.5 miles	14
Lakeview Spring	2.8 miles	14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on North Webster	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q520246	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 440312. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.