Wayne County, Tennessee

Founding: 1817
Parent county: Hickman

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Waynesboro (1822–)

Land area: 734 square miles

Population (2020): 16,232

Population (historic): 2,459 (1820); 8,170 (1850); 10,209 (1870); 12,936 (1900); 12,134 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1900; 1910s; 1930–1950; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 431 (5.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 44.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 39.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $341
Average outbuilding value (1930): $154
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,651
Average farm size (1920): 41 acres
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Waynesboro

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general

Founding: 1821 (platting); 1822 (post office); 1850 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,317

Population (historic): 236 (1880); 357 (1910); 768 (1940)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 92 (7.4%)
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