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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)
  • Jackson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Slinger
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Slinger is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
  • Mayville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Mayville is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
  • Kewaskum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Kewaskum is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaskum
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,296 people
  • Horicon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Horicon is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
    • 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 (so far) for Wayne was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Wayne post office opened in 1852. The Wayne post office closed in 1908.

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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/