Wayne County, Iowa

Founding: 1851 (declared in 1846)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Corydon (1851–)

Land area: 525 square miles

Population (2020): 6,497

Population (historic): 6,409 (1860); 16,127 (1880); 17,491 (1900); 13,787 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850–1880; 1890s; 2010s

Subdivisions: Eight cities; 16 townships

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,279 (40.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,545
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,446
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,890
Average farm size (1920): 154.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Missouri
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Corydon

Namesake: Corydon, Indiana

Founding: 1851 (platting); 1852 (post office); 1867 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,526

Population (historic): 254 (1860); 801 (1880); 1,477 (1900); 1,768 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1851–1920; 1930s; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 392 (49.3%)
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