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Wayne County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Seat
- Fairfield
- Largest city
- Fairfield
- Total
- 715 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Land
- 714 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Water
- 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,882
- Density
- 22.3/sq mi (8.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .fairfield-il .com /county /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Fairfield
- Population
- 16179
- Area
- 715
- Shares border with
- White County
- Official website
- www.fairfield-il.com/county
- Image
- Wayne County Courthouse in Fairfield.jpg
- Households
- 7114
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- Commons category
- Wayne County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Wayne County, Illinois
- inception
- 1819-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wayne County, Illinois
- different from
- Wayne County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Wayne County
- per capita income
- 26502
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Encyclopedic overview
Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 16,179. Its county seat is Fairfield. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wayne County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.