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Wayne County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- January 4, 1812 (date organized; formed 1808)
- Named after
- General Anthony Wayne
- Seat
- Wooster
- Largest city
- Wooster
- Total
- 557 sq mi (1,440 km )
- Land
- 555 sq mi (1,440 km )
- Water
- 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 116,758
- Density
- 210/sq mi (81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .wayneohio .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Capital
- Wooster
- Population
- 116894
- Area
- 557
- Shares border with
- Holmes County
- Official website
- www.wayneohio.org
- Image
- Wayne County Courthouse Wooster 052017.jpg
- Households
- 44238
- Licence plate code
- 85
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- Commons category
- Wayne County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Wayne County, Ohio
- inception
- 1808-02-13
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wayne County, Ohio
- different from
- Wayne County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Wayne County
- per capita income
- 28907
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Encyclopedic overview
Wayne County is a county located in the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,894. Its county seat is Wooster. The county is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. Wayne County comprises the Wooster, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wayne County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.