Welcome to Wayne ...
Wayne is located in Washington County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Wayne, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.
Wayne is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Wayne lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Wayne: 262
Communities Also Named Wayne ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Wayne - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri (2), Montana (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wayne.
Communities near Wayne ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wayne.
- Fond du Lac
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Richfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Richfield is located in Washington County
- Estimated population in 2015: 11,530 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Richfield
- From Wayne to Richfield
- Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slinger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slinger have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
- Slinger is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
- Mayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Mayville is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
- Kewaskum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kewaskum have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaskum
- Kewaskum is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,296 people
- Horicon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horicon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Lomira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wayne. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wayne.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wayne. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wayne.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wayne. See our Newspapers Page for Wayne.
Adding Wayne to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Wayne in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Wayne was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Wayne post office opened in 1852.
We also found Wayne in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Wayne.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wayne - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |