Headnote
WAYNE COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Illinois, with Little Wabash river on the east. Area, 720 square miles. Seat of justice, Fairfield. Pop. in 1820, 111; in 1830, 2,553; in 1840, 5,133; in 1850, 6,828. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Wayne County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
WAYNE COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Illinois, with Little Wabash river on the east.  Area, 720 square miles.  Seat of justice, Fairfield.  Pop. in 1820, 111; in 1830, 2,553; in 1840, 5,133; in 1850, 6,828.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetterr of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 381.
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