Headnote
WAYNE COUNTY, situated In the southeast part of Missouri, with St. Francis river on the southeast, and traversed by the Big Black. Area, 1,200 square miles. Seat of justice, Greenville. Pop. in 1830, 3,264; in 1840, 3,403; in 1850, 4,518. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Missouri

Wayne County, Missouri (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
WAYNE COUNTY, situated In the southeast part of Missouri, with St. Francis river on the southeast, and traversed by the Big Black. Area, 1,200 square miles. Seat of justice, Greenville. Pop. in 1830, 3,264; in 1840, 3,403; in 1850, 4,518.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 381.
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