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Wayne County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- January 18, 1842
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Seat
- Wayne
- Largest city
- Kenova
- Total
- 512 sq mi (1,330 km )
- Land
- 506 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 6.1 sq mi (16 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 37,309
- Density
- 77.0/sq mi (29.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .waynecountywv .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Wayne
- Population
- 38982
- Area
- 512
- Shares border with
- Martin County
- Official website
- waynecountywv.org
- Image
- Joseph S. Miller House at Kenova.jpg
- Households
- 15228
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- topic's main category
- Category:Wayne County, West Virginia
- Commons category
- Wayne County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1842-01-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wayne County, West Virginia
- different from
- Wayne County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Wayne County
- per capita income
- 23973
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Encyclopedic overview
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Wayne County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,982. Its county seat is Wayne. The county was founded in 1842 and named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. Wayne County is part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV–KY–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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