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Wayne County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Seat
- Waynesboro
- Largest city
- Waynesboro
- Total
- 814 sq mi (2,110 km )
- Land
- 811 sq mi (2,100 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,807
- Density
- 24.4/sq mi (9.42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .waynecounty .ms
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Waynesboro
- Capital
- Waynesboro
- Population
- 19779
- Area
- 814
- Shares border with
- Washington County
- Official website
- www.waynecounty.ms
- Image
- Wayne County Mississippi Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7967
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- different from
- Wayne County
- topic's main category
- Category:Wayne County, Mississippi
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Wayne County
- Commons category
- Wayne County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1809-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wayne County, Mississippi
- per capita income
- 23892
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Encyclopedic overview
Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,779. Its county seat is Waynesboro. The county is named for General Anthony Wayne.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wayne County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.