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to begin your visit to Wayne County.Please be sure to contact me if you have anyquestions, see
any errors or discover any broken links! Wayne County is the fifth county west of the Mississippi River and borders the Counties of Putnam to the southeast and Mercer to the south in Missouri, Decatur to the west, Lucas to the north, and Appanoose to the east. It is comprised of 336,000 acres and 525 sq. miles. It is rich in Historical value as the Mormons laid their trail through here in 1846, while making their way from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad ran through here, gaining prosperity for its towns people, as well as the discovery of coal, which helped increase the population of the county as people began moving in. It contains the 16 townships of Warren, Jackson, Howard, Clinton, Medicine, Washington, Benton, Clay, Jefferson, Monroe, Corydon, Richman, Walnut, Grand River, South Fork and Union. As of the 2000 census there were 6,730 people, 2,821 households and 1,918 families residing in Wayne County. Corydon is the county seat, and other cities include Allerton, Clio, Humeston, Lineville, Millerton, Promise City and Seymour. Cambria, Confidence and Sewal are all unincorporated communities in Wayne County.
Rootsweb and Ancestry.com have merged their message boards to give you more access to finding your ancestors more quickly. You will find all the old information is still there for Wayne County, but all on one board. If you wish, you may choose a category to narrow your search. If you find a connection and would like to contact the submitter, click on the Print Message icon for the email address. This board promises to be a more thorough system and hopefully you will be able to find all your ancestors with a click or two. This is still a FREE service, however, if you need to post a message or a reply you will need to set up a USERID and PASSWORD with Ancestry.com. This should be instant and there is no charge.
Welcome to the Wayne County, IA mailing list. A place to visit with others in the search of our ancestors from this county. Our goal is to help each other find those lost ancestors. We ask that you only discuss genealogy. I do not live in Wayne County, but will help direct you to a source that may be of assistance to you in our county. How to subscribe? Just click on the link above. In the body of your message type the word SUBSCRIBE only, nothing else (turn off your signature file). To unsubscribe send your message with only the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body, nothing else. Do you have material of historical value from anywhere in Iowa that you would consider sharing with the many researchers who frequent this site? Then we want you to JOIN OUR TEAM!
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