Wayne County, Missouri

Founding: 1819
Parent counties: Cape Girardeau, Lawrence, and New Madrid

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Greenville (1819–)

Land area: 759 square miles

Population (2020): 10,974

Population (historic): 1,443 (1820); 4,518 (1850); 6,068 (1870); 15,309 (1900); 12,243 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1900; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Three cities; one village; 10 townships

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 533 (6.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 0.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $454
Average outbuilding value (1930): $292
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,676
Average farm size (1920): 58.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky
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Greenville

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general

Founding: 1819 (platting); 1832 (post office); 1893 (incorporation); 1941 (relocation)

Population (2020): 443

Population (historic): 100 (1880); 1,051 (1900); 506 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1930s; 1950–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13 (5.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1910). State Route 34, east of Canyon Road. Benton. Classical Revival.