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Welcome to Wayne County ...

Time Zone: Wayne County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Wooster is the Seat for Wayne County.

Wayne County was founded March 1, 1808.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Wayne had a population of 115,710 people. This is an increase of 1.15% since the last Census (which gave a population of 114,394 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Wayne represented 0.99% of the total population of Ohio.

Below are some of the communities located in Wayne County:

  • Apple Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Burbank
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Congress
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Congress is located in Wayne County (OH)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
  • Creston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Creston is located in Wayne County (OH)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creston <2>
  • Dalton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Dalton is located in Wayne County (OH)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,891 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton <2>
  • Doylestown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fredericksburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Marshallville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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    • Mount Eaton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Orrville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rittman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rittman is located in Wayne County (OH)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,513 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rittman <2>
    • Shreve
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Shreve is located in Wayne County (OH)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shreve <2>
    • Smithville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • West Salem
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wooster
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wooster is located in Wayne County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,157 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wooster <2>

Websites of Interest ...

Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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