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Wayne County, TennesseeWayne County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed in honor of daring "Mad Anthony" Wayne (1745-1796), American statesman and officer in the Revolutionary War who later lead troops against hostile Indians. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of Wayne CountyCreated 1817 from Hickman County; named in honor of daring "Mad Anthony" Wayne (1745-1796), American statesman and officer in the Revolutionary War who later lead troops against hostile Indians. Wayne County was formed in 1817 from Hickman County (Acts of Tennessee 1817, Chapter 174).
Wayne County is located on the extreme western side of the Highland Rim, with its northwest corner extending into
the Tennessee River basin. It is made up of ridges and hollows and is on a plateau of about eight hundred feet in
elevation in the southwest corner of the Middle Tennessee division. Heavily wooded, the county contains deposits of
iron that were still being worked into the early twentieth century. Find more from the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: WAYNE COUNTY GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 736 square miles (1,905 kmē), of which, 734
square miles (1,901 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (4 kmē) of it (0.22%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
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And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
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But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |
