Wayne County, Ohio

Founding: 1812 (declared in 1808)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Madison (1812–1819); Wooster (1819–)

Land area: 555 square miles

Population (2020): 116,894

Population (historic): 11,933 (1820); 32,483 (1860); 40,076 (1880); 37,870 (1900); 47,024 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1840; 1860–1880; 1910–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; 12 villages; three CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,520 (20.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 73.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 28.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,835
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,725
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,204
Average farm size (1920): 57.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Switzerland, Germany, and France
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Wooster

Namesake: David Wooster, Continental Army general

Founding: 1808 (platting); 1812 (post office); 1817 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 27,232

Population (historic): 291 (1810); 2,797 (1850); 5,840 (1880); 37,870 (1900); 10,742 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1808–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,529 (21%)
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