Offering, receiving, or dealing with instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences: a polytechnic institute. n. A school specializing in the teaching of industrial arts and applied sciences.
Webster City is a city in Hamilton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 8,070 at the United States 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Hamilton County. Webster City is known as 'Boone River Country' with the Boone River meandering along the east side of the city from north to south.
In 1882 the name of the county was renamed to Webster in honor of Daniel Webster. The county seat of Webster County is Walthall. Webster County is located approximately 28 miles east of Interstate 55 and 48 miles west of the Tennessee Tombigbee ports in Lowndes County. Webster County has a total area of 423 square miles of which 2.3 square miles is water.