Do you know of Wayne ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wayne. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Wayne.

We found mention of Wayne as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Jackson County, Missouri.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Wayne ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Wayne.

There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Wayne.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Barry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Wayne [Barry County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Marengo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wayne [Marengo County].
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Wayne.
- Arizona
  - Maricopa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Wayne [Maricopa County].
- California
  - Santa Clara County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Wayne [Santa Clara County].
- Georgia
  - Hall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wayne [Hall County].
- Illinois
  - DuPage County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wayne [DuPage County].
- Indiana
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wayne [Wayne County].
- Iowa
  - Henry County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Wayne [Henry County].
- Kansas
  - Republic County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wayne [Republic County].
- Maine
  - Kennebec County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Wayne [Kennebec County].
- Maryland
  - Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Wayne [Frederick County].
- Michigan
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wayne [Wayne County].
- Montana
  - Cascade County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Wayne [Cascade County].
  - Chouteau County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Wayne [Chouteau County].
- Nebraska
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Wayne [Wayne County].
- New Jersey
  - Passaic County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Wayne [Passaic County].
- New York
  - Schuyler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wayne [Schuyler County].
- Ohio
  - Ashtabula County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wayne [Ashtabula County].
  - Scioto County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wayne [Scioto County].
  - Wayne County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wayne [Wayne County].
  - Wood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wayne [Wood County].
- Oklahoma
  - McClain County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Wayne [McClain County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Delaware County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wayne [Delaware County].
- Tennessee
  - Lawrence County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wayne [Lawrence County].
- Washington
  - King County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Wayne [King County].
- West Virginia
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wayne [Wayne County].
- Wisconsin
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Wayne [Washington County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wayne ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wayne:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Wayne - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Jackson County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jackson County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Wayne could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.