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County Seat: Detroit | County Name: Named for General Anthony Wayne |
Boundary Changes (click on the name of a change to see more information) | |||||||||||||||
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Background (general information on the county to put it in the context of history) |
Wayne County was formed on 15 August 1796 by proclamation of the Governor of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio [click here for more information]. By 1800, the county would go through two additional changes to its boundaries before being incorporated into the Territory of Indiana and, later, the Territory of Michigan. Click on a date in the table above to see a map of how the county looked on that date, as well as, the authority changing the boundary (if available).
The following map shows the original size of the county at its founding (in blue with a red border) and the final borders of the county after the boundary changes (in red with yellow border) superimposed on a modern map
.Wayne County in 1796 and 1800 |
Census (click on a year below to view information on the population of the Territory) |
Date | Population | Change |
1800 | 3,206 | --- |
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