Wayne
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city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Wayne
- Incorporated
- 1869 (village), 1960 (city)
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Mayor
- John Rhaesa
- Manager
- Lisa Nocerini
- City
- 6.02 sq mi (15.59 km )
- Land
- 6.02 sq mi (15.59 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 660 ft (200 m)
- Density
- 2,942/sq mi (1,136.1/km )
- Metro
- 4,285,832 ( Metro Detroit )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 26-84940
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Wayne is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Wayne is located about 18 miles (29 km) southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,713.
Wayne has a long history of automotive and transportation related manufacturing. Ford Motor Company currently has two plants in Wayne: Wayne Stamping & Assembly and the Michigan Assembly Plant, formerly known as the Michigan Truck Plant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wayne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.