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Welcome
to Wayne County, Iowa!
My name is Ann (Sears) Selvig
and I am the volunteer coordinator for Wayne County!
While I do not live in Iowa, the paternal side of my family
is from this area and my grandparents were farmers in Sewal
and then retired to Corydon.
I have, over time, collected a
variety of different research materials related to Wayne
County and I welcome any comments, ideas, thoughts or
contributions you may wish to make to this website.
You can contact me via the link below.
Thank you for stopping by and
please visit often!
County Data Menu
Cemeteries
in Wayne County--GPP entries
Wayne County Indexed GPP entries
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IAGenWeb Special Projects |
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Wayne County Special Projects |
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Caroline
Greenlee-Helt Autograph Book The
Day Jesse James Gang Robbed the Ocobock Bank
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More County Facts: Wayne County is the fifth county west of the
Mississippi River and borders the Missouri Counties of
Putnam to the southeast and Mercer to the south and
the Iowa Counties of 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 2020 census, there was a population of
6,497 in the county, an increase in census of
94. Corydon is the county seat, and other cities include Allerton, Clio, Humeston, Lineville, Millerton, Promise City and Seymour. Cambria, Confidence, Harvard, New York and Sewal are all unincorporated communities in Wayne County. |
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