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Webster Parish -LRB- French  : Paroisse de Webster -RRB- is a parish located in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana .. French. French language. parish. List of parishes in Louisiana. U.S. state. U.S. state. Louisiana. Louisiana. The seat of the parish is Minden .. parish. List of parishes in Louisiana. seat. parish seat. Minden. Minden, Louisiana. As of the 2010 census , the Webster Parish population was 41,207 .. 2010 census. 2010 United States Census. In 2017 , the population estimate was 39,710 , a decline of nearly 3.8 percent since the 2011 estimated count of 41,259 .. The decline represents an average loss of 258 persons per year .. Public officials who have long sought to increase the industrial potential of the parish , expressed concern over the downward spiral .. parish. List of parishes in Louisiana. Jim Bonsall , the president of the Webster Parish Police Jury , the parish governing body , cited the ending of the Haynesville Shale boom as the primary reason for the population losses .. parish. List of parishes in Louisiana. Haynesville Shale. Haynesville Shale. The parish has long depended on jobs in the petroleum and natural gas fields .. parish. List of parishes in Louisiana. petroleum. petroleum. natural gas. natural gas. The parish is named for 19th-century American statesman Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and New Hampshire .. Daniel Webster. Daniel Webster. parish. List of parishes in Louisiana. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. New Hampshire. New Hampshire. It was created on February 27 , 1871 from lands formerly belonging to Bienville , Bossier , and Claiborne parishes .. Bienville. Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Bossier. Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Claiborne. Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. Webster Parish is part of the Shreveport-Bossier City , LA Metropolitan Statistical Area .. Bossier. Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Shreveport. Shreveport, Louisiana. Bossier City. Bossier City, Louisiana. Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area. Among the first settlers in Webster Parish was Newett Drew , a native of Virginia , who about 1818 established a grist mill at the former Overton community near Minden .. Minden. Minden, Louisiana. Virginia. Virginia ( U.S. state ). grist mill. grist mill. At this time the area was Natchitoches Parish and later Overton became the Parish Seat of Claiborne Parish in 1836 until it moved in 1848 .. Claiborne. Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. His son , Richard Maxwell Drew was born in Overton and served as a district judge state representative prior to his death in 1850 at the age of twenty-eight .. Richard Maxwell Drew. Richard Maxwell Drew. state representative. Louisiana State Legislature. R. M. Drew 's descendants held judicial or legislative positions in Webster Parish as well , Richard Cleveland Drew , Harmon Caldwell Drew , R. Harmon Drew , Sr. , and Harmon Drew , Jr. .. Richard Cleveland Drew. Richard Cleveland Drew. Harmon Caldwell Drew. Harmon Caldwell Drew