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Trails to the Past of Iowa is
accepting any donations of genealogy materials that you
may have such as marriage announcements, news articles,
old obituaries, births, (you do not need the birth
certificate) just the information, and
biographies. If you have any of these items please
contact me
Marie
Miller the Iowa State
Administrator.
Wayne County was formed in 1846 but was
still attached to other counties for governmental
purposes. It was named after General Anthony
Wayne.
Its southern border with Missouri was
uncertain until the states got a decision from the US
Supreme Court in 1848 which held the 1816 Sullivan line
(re-marked in 1850), originally run as the northern
boundary of an Osage Indian cession. This line is not a
true east-west line so the county does not have an
exactly rectangular
shape.
There had been settlement in this county
as early as 1841 by persons thinking they were in
Missouri, but the first settlers intending to be in Iowa
came about 1848. Its government was organized and the
county seat selected in 1851.
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Cities
Allerton
Clio
Corydon
Humeston
Lineville
Millerton
Promise
City
Seymour
Unincorporated
communities
Cambria
Confidence
Harvard
New
York
Sewal
Ghost
town
Big Spring
Townships
Benton
Clay
Clinton
Corydon
Grand
River
Howard
Jackson
Jefferson
Monroe
Richman
South
Fork
Union
Walnut
Warren
Washington
Wright
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Post Office in
Corydon
Adjacent counties
Lucas
County
(north)
Appanoose
County (east)
Putnam
County, Missouri (southeast)
Mercer County, Missouri
(southwest)
Decatur
County
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