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When the county was formed, five commissioners were appointed to govern the county. They chose a small settlement known locally as Cedar Cabin located on the St Francis River to be the county seat and named it Greenville. In 1900 Greenville had a population of about 1,000. By 1940 the population had declined to 572. The town was relocated by the the construction of Wappapello Lake in 1941 and the new town only had a population of 270 in 1950. Today around 500 people live in Greenville.
The Wayne County courthouse burned in 1854. The records in the new courthouse were stolen in 1866 and in 1892 the courthouse burned again. As a result few official county records prior to 1893 survive. In the Census of 1820, the large area of Wayne County had a population of only 1,239 whites and 204 slaves, but unfortunately the list of Head of Households has been lost as were early local census records.
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Mrs. Opal Lee Payton
Rt. #2, Box 2609
Piedmont, Mo. 63957
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My name is Larry Taylor and I am the person responsible for Wayne County. If you would like to contribute your information to this page, please let me know. If you are interested in adopting a county in Missouri visit the MO Orphan County Page.
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